Apnea test during brain death assessment in mechanically ventilated and ECMO patients.
Marco GianiVittorio ScaravilliSebastiano Maria ColomboAndrea ConfalonieriRosambra LeoElena MaggioniLeonello AvalliAlessia VargioluGuiseppe CiterioPublished in: Intensive care medicine (2015)
In a large cohort of consecutive patients, including the largest patient population on ECMO reported to date, our AT technique that combines the application of PEEP with subsequent pulmonary recruitment proved to be feasible and safe.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- prognostic factors
- intensive care unit
- peritoneal dialysis
- patient reported outcomes
- multiple sclerosis
- resting state
- respiratory failure
- functional connectivity
- cerebral ischemia