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Filter by:Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria: Patients aged 18-65 years who are admitted to the investigator's 3rd Stage Intensive Care Unit and are dependent on mechanical ventilation will be included. The study was planned with 80 patients. Those with known chronic illnesses such as renal insufficiency, heart failure, liver failure, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease etc.,; patients in intensive care for postoperative follow-up; patients with mechanical ventilation due to chest or abdominal trauma will be excluded from the study. Patients who meet the study criteria will be evaluated by a physiotherapy and rehabilitation specialist and will be decided to be included in the respiratory physiotherapy program. The patients will be treated by two physiotherapists in the intensive care unit at random. One of the physiotherapists will perform classical respiratory physiotherapy with thoracic vibration and the other will only perform classical respiratory physiotherapy. Patients' acute physiology and chronic health assessment II (APACHE II) scores, partial oxygen pressure(PaO2) /fraction of inspired oxygen inspired oxygen fraction (FiO2), tidal volume, minute respiratory rate, peak air pressure, mean air pressure, blood lactate levels will be recorded daily. These values will be collected in the daily routine of the illness depending on the mechanical ventilation, by recording the already performed operations to follow the patient's clinic. If the duration of the total mechanical ventilation and complications occur, the type and timing of the complications will be examined. At the end of the study, both physiotherapy methods, APACHE II scores, PaO2 / FiO2 values, tidal volume required, minute respiratory rate, peak air pressure, mean air pressure, blood lactate levels, mechanical ventilation duration and complications will be compared statistically.
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis(IPF) is the most common idiopathic interstitial lung disease whose cause is unknown. With age and gender, socio-economic factors are the most influential indicators of health. At present there is very little data on socio-economic factors in the IPF. The investigators hypothesize that a lower socio-economic level and / or exposure to various air pollutants may influence the IPF's natural history, including the severity of diagnosis and prognosis of the IPF. The investigators also hypothesize that the deleterious effect of air pollutants is modulated by individual susceptibility (shorter telomeres) and that this effect is related to oxidative stress and shortening of telomeres.
The purpose of this retrospective chart review pilot study is to research the results and scores of the QOL questionnaire implemented across Allina Health clinics. This study will investigate average QOL scores by clinical population and demographic group, the change in scores over time, and the effect of clinical interventions on QOL scores. The results will provide insight into QOL trends within different patient populations and provide guidance regarding optimal treatment plans so that Allina caregivers can positively impact patients' QOL.