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Filter by:The goal is to study the association between the value of the compliance of the respiratory system at the first day of the initiation of invasive mechanical ventilation and the presence of respiratory sequelae at a distance from the COVID-19 infection with the hypothesis that patients who have presented an alteration of the compliance of the respiratory system are at greater risk of developing respiratory sequelae. Studying the altered compliance of the respiratory system in ARDS secondary to COVID-19 and its relationship to the development of respiratory sequelae would help us to improve the management of patients with COVID-19.
In children under 6 years of age undergoing regular surgery during general anesthesia, the intratidal compliance profile is evaluated when different tidal volumes are applied at different positive end expiratory pressures. Then determine the most appropriate combination of positive end-tidal pressure and tidal volume.
One course of steroids given to a mother before a premature delivery helps the lungs of the premature infant and decreases breathing problems. One course of antenatal steroids is the standard of care for threatened premature deliveries. It is unclear as to how long the benefit of one course of steroids last. The most benefit to the baby's lungs seem to occur if the steroids are given at least 24 hours before but within 7 days of a premature delivery. It is difficult to predict the timing of a preterm delivery so deliveries often do not occur within this time period. We hypothesize that the benefits of the steroids to the lungs wear off if the steroids are given more than 14 days before a preterm delivery, and that in these circumstances an extra course of steroids will help the premature baby's lungs and the premature baby will have less breathing problems as shown by lung function testing.