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Filter by:Retrospective study in COVID-19 ARDS patients hospitalised in the ICU. Investigators aim to explore the effects of prone positioning on oxygenation, dead space ventilation and mortality.
The purpose of this study is comparing vital signs between standard care and prone position groups. Standard care will consist of routine clinical care, including any advice to lie in prone position as routinely recommended by participating sites. For those randomized to prone position, a special intervention team will visit patients' rooms aiming for patients to maintain the prone position for at least 8 hours a day.
The primary objective of the study is to demonstrate that the ECCO2R pulsatile configuration prevents the Willebrand factor high molecular weight multimers decrease observed under continuous blood flow configurations. The secondary objectives are to quantify the CO2 extracorporeal removal in the pulsatile configuration, to describe complications (hemorrhagic, thrombotic and hemolytic), to describe patients' gas exchanges under ECCO2R, to describe the clinical course of the patients under ECCO2R as well as during the whole stay in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
The investigators retrospectively investigate the epidemiology, clinical characteristics and therapeutic interventions of patients with COVID-19 associated respiratory failure admitted to the intensive care units in South Tyrol, Italy.
COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV2 virus. COVID-19 patients can develop a severe disease that can lead to hypoxic respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Severe patients can require access to intensive care unit (ICU). Early rehabilitation is known to be effective in critically ill patients and in ARDS. Early rehabilitation is known to be effective in critically ill subjects. The role of physiotherapy in severe COVID-19 patients is still unclear and few guidelines have been proposed so far. Aim of this study is to assess efficacy of early rehabilitation for severe ICU-admitted COVID-19 patients as compared to a group that did not received physiotherapy treatment in ICU.
In the present study, 126 patients were enrolled (23 control, 38 non-septic and 65 septic patients). Blood samples were collected from septic patients at the intensive care unit (ICU) at three time points (T1-3): T1: within 12h after admission; T2: second day morning; T3: third day morning. Sampling points for non-septic ICU patients were T1 and T3. Exclusion criteria were patients under 18 years of age, unobtainable consent, end-stage renal disease requiring chronic dialysis or kidney transplantation and patients with malignancies needing palliative care. Not more than one sample (venous blood) was collected from control patients. Plasma presepsin levels were determined by an automated chemiluminescence-based Point of Care instrument while serum gelsolin levels were measured using an automated immune turbidimetric assay. Plasma presepsin concentrations were expressed as pg/mL, while serum gelsolin levels were expressed as mg/L. Data were compared with laboratory and clinical parameters. Patients were categorized by the Sepsis-3 definitions and 10-day mortality data were investigated. Presepsin:gelsolin ratio was evaluated in major sepsis-related organ dysfunctions including hemodynamic disturbances, respiratory insufficiency and acute kidney injury (AKI).
Almost half of the patients diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia develop ARDS and most of these patients are treated in the intensive care unit. In the management of COVID-19 ARDS, prone position is applied to improve physiological parameters by facilitating better distribution of tidal volume and drainage of secretions. It has been reported that awake patients in COVID clinics could not adapt their prone position due to anxiety . Jiang et al (2020) reported that awake patients may not tolerate the prone position and may experience anxiety due to posture habits and discomfort. It was determined that anxiety developed on the second day of hospitalization in the intensive care unit, state anxiety was associated with trait anxiety and pain, and anxiety was low in patients receiving mental health care/treatment . And also not to change position himself of patient in prone position due to care equipment etc it can cause loss of self-control and anxiety. Twelve-sixteen hour prone position recommendation for clinical improvement, positioning difficulties in patients who cannot position themselves may also trigger anxiety in awake patients It has been suggested that music therapy may be effective in reducing anxiety related to weaning from mechanical ventilation in COVID-19 patients. Music therapy intervention in ICU has been tested in sessions of at least 30 minutes, 1-30 days, with options such as western music, classical Chinese music, nature-based music. In the study of Chu and Zhang (2021), it was shown that the recovery time for tomography findings, the number of days of hospital stay and the rates of transfer to the intensive care unit were lower in the patient group who received holistic mode including traditional Chinese medicine, music therapy, and emotional support in COVID-19 patients. Studies evaluating the effectiveness of music therapy alone in the COVID-19 intensive care process could not be reached. It is thought that music therapy applied in the prone position in the COVID-19 intensive care unit will reduce the anxiety of the patients, adapt to the prone position and improve their clinical parameters.
Infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) may be lost due to risks such as being sensitive, frequent exposure to birth complications and being prone to infection. The most common causes of mortality in newborn babies in the world; Complications due to preterm delivery (28%), infections (26%) and perinatal asphyxia (23%) were reported. Respiratory problems are observed in 4-6% of newborns. These problems are also important causes of mortality in the neonatal period. Newborn infants are more likely to have respiratory distress due to difficulties in airway calibration, few collateral airways, flexible chest wall, poor airway stability, and low functional residual capacity.Invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) is frequently used in the treatment of newborns with respiratory failure. Various ventilation modes and strategies are used to optimize mechanical ventilation and prevent ventilator-induced lung injury. Among the important issues to be considered in newborns connected to mechanical ventilator (MV); Choosing an appropriately sized endotracheal tube to reduce airway resistance and minimize respiratory workload, correct positioning, regular nursing care, chest physiotherapy, sedation-analgesia, and infection prevention are also included.
The opening and aeration of the lung is critical for a successful transition from fetal to neonatal life. Early nasal CPAP in the delivery room in spontaneously breathing premature babies with a gestational age of 30 weeks or less is a standard treatment approach since it reduces the need for invasive mechanical ventilation and surfactant therapy. In respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) management, providing optimal lung volumes in the very early period from the beginning of delivery room approaches probably augments the expected lung protective effect. Although the benefits of CPAP support are well known, standart CPAP pressures recommended in the guidelines may not meet the needs of individual babies. Maintaining lung patency in the delivery room is the main mechanism of action of CPAP and the requirement may vary individually depending on lung physiology. In this multicenter randomized controlled study, we aimed to compare the effects of CPAP therapy applied with a personalized open lung strategy (openCPAP), and standard CPAP therapy (standardCPAP) on oxygenation, respiratory support need and surfactant treatment requirement in preterm babies with RDS in the delivery room.
This clinical trial is designed to evaluate if the periodic screening for deep venous thrombosis by ultrasound of lower extremity in patients with intensive care unit (ICU) patients with COVID 19 impacts on mortality, ICU stay and total length of stay in the hospital, along with other outcomes.