Improving oxygenation in a patient with respiratory failure due to morbid obesity by applying airway pressure release ventilation: a case report.
Ryosuke NobeKenichiro IshidaYuki TogamiMasahiro OjimaTaku SogabeMitsuo OhnishiPublished in: Journal of medical case reports (2024)
Airway pressure release ventilation ventilator management in morbidly obese patients may contribute to improving oxygenation and become one of the direct therapeutic measures in the early stage of critical care.
Keyphrases
- obese patients
- respiratory failure
- bariatric surgery
- mechanical ventilation
- weight loss
- early stage
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- gastric bypass
- roux en y gastric bypass
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- metabolic syndrome
- blood flow
- insulin resistance
- type diabetes
- intensive care unit
- case report
- weight gain
- squamous cell carcinoma
- sentinel lymph node
- radiation therapy
- lymph node