The Association Between the Mechanical Ventilator Pressures and Outcomes in a Cohort of Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure.
Hawa EdrissShengping YangEdna JuarezJoshua CraneMichelle LearAsley SanchezKenneth M NugentPublished in: Clinical medicine insights. Circulatory, respiratory and pulmonary medicine (2020)
This study demonstrates that ventilator pressure measurements made early during the management of patients with acute respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation provide prognostic information regarding outcomes, including mortality. Patients with high mechanical ventilator pressures during the early course of their acute respiratory failure require more attention to identify reversible disease processes when possible. In addition, increased BMIs are associated with increased ventilator pressures, and this increases the complexity of the clinical evaluation in the management of obese patients.
Keyphrases
- respiratory failure
- mechanical ventilation
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- obese patients
- intensive care unit
- clinical evaluation
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- bariatric surgery
- gastric bypass
- working memory
- healthcare
- risk factors
- cardiovascular disease
- skeletal muscle
- metabolic syndrome
- adipose tissue
- coronary artery disease
- health information
- liver failure