Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) presents significant challenges in critical care, primarily due to its inflammatory nature, which leads to impaired gas exchange and respiratory mechanics. While mechanical ventilation (MV) is essential for...
Dual-controlled ventilation (DCV) combines the advantages of volume-controlled ventilation (VCV) and pressure-controlled ventilation (PCV). Carbon dioxide (CO2) pneumoperitoneum and steep Trendelenburg positioning for robot-assisted laparoscopic radi...
Background/Objectives: Prolonged postoperative air leak (PAL) remains one of the most common complications after lung resection, significantly affecting postoperative recovery and healthcare utilization. While several preoperative risk factors have b...
Ventilation air methane (VAM) has an extremely low concentration, making its abatement exceptionally challenging. Catalytic oxidation offers a promising route for VAM treatment, but industrial application requires integrated catalysts with high activ...
Background: Reverse triggered breath (RTB) has been extensively described during assisted-controlled modes of ventilation. We aimed to assess whether RTB occurs during Pressure Support Ventilation (PSV) and Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist (NAVA)...
Traditionally, invasively ventilated children in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) are weaned using pneumatically-triggered ventilation modes with a fixed level of assist. The best weaning mode is currently not known. Neurally adjusted ventil...
Objective: This study investigates the effectiveness of extubation from conventional mechanical ventilation using an endotracheal tube (MVET) compared to synchronized non-invasive positive-pressure ventilation (sNIPPV) using neurally adjusted ventila...
Maintaining spontaneous breathing has both potentially beneficial and deleterious consequences in patients with acute respiratory failure, depending on the balance that can be obtained between the protecting and damaging effects on the lungs and the...
Background: Transcutaneous CO2 (TcCO2) measurement is widely used in the diagnosis and monitoring of ventilatory failure. Robust data on the success rates of measurement is scant. We aimed to discern the factors affecting the success rate of TcCO2 me...
During pressure support ventilation (PSV), excessive assist results in weak inspiratory efforts and promotes diaphragm atrophy and delayed weaning. The aim of this study was to develop a classifier using a neural network to identify weak inspiratory...
Objectives: To investigate the impact of patient characteristics and treatment factors on excessive respiratory drive, effort, and lung-distending pressure during transitioning from controlled to spontaneous assisted ventilation in patients with acut...
Background/Objectives: Preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) require mechanical ventilation but risk lung injury This study compared neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) with conventional modes regarding respiratory mechanic...
Background/Objectives: The use of goal-directed fluid therapy (GDFT) guided by stroke volume (SV) variation during thoracic surgery, particularly with one-lung ventilation (OLV) and protective ventilation strategies, is not well established. This stu...
Background: Mechanical ventilation in preterm neonates aims for synchrony, preventing complications such as lung injury. Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist (NAVA) is a unique mode relying on diaphragmatic electrical signals for synchronization. We...
The noninvasive neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NIV-NAVA) is a newly developed noninvasive ventilation technique with promising clinical and ventilatory outcomes for preterm infants. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate...
Background: Spontaneous ventilation with intubation (SVI) during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) has been introduced as a hybrid technique that combines the physiological benefits of spontaneous breathing with the safety of a secured airw...
Spontaneous ventilation (SV) video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is aimed at offering less invasive alternatives to equivalent procedures under tracheal intubation with mechanical ventilation (MV) and its benefits have shown encouraging results in...
In this study, information pertaining to the development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology for improving the performance of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems was collected. Among the 18 AI tools developed for HVAC con...
Introduction: Postoperative pulmonary complications, particularly pneumonia, remain frequent after esophagectomy and contribute significantly to morbidity. One-lung ventilation (OLV) is a potential modifiable risk factor, but its impact in minimally...
Background: Rigid bronchoscopy (RB) is the gold standard for managing central airway obstruction (CAO), a life-threatening condition caused by both malignant and benign etiologies. Anesthetic management is challenging as it requires balancing deep se...
The study continues the theoretical derivation from Part 1, and the experiment is carried out at a bus station equipped with six water-cooled chillers. Between 2012 and 2017, historical data collected from temperature and humidity sensors, as well as...
2 October 2019
Colorado is regularly impacted by long-range transport of wildfire smoke from upwind regions. This smoke is a major source of ambient PM2.5. Maternal exposure to total PM2.5 during pregnancy has been linked to decreased birth weight and other adverse...
24 August 2026
Background: Overweight and obesity adversely affect respiratory mechanics and ventilatory capacity. This study evaluated the incremental effects of combined Spot Marching Exercise and BreatheMAX-assisted deep breathing (CSMEB) versus Spot Marching Ex...
Background/Objectives: Surgical access and one-lung ventilation (OLV) may generate distinct systemic and local inflammatory responses after lung resection. We compared perioperative cytokine profiles in serum, pleural fluid, and bronchoalveolar lavag...
An expected increase in the use of air conditioning by 2050 will significantly increase electricity demand and come at a cost to the environment. Implementing passive cooling strategies and focusing on personal environmental control systems (PECSs) c...
In response to the issues of low outdoor thermal comfort and poor ventilation environment in Beijing Hutong, this paper proposes a rapid intelligent optimization method combining Pix2Pix (Image-to-Image Translation with Conditional Adversarial Networ...
Transparent building envelopes significantly increase energy demands due to low thermal resistance and solar heat gain, while conventional double-skin facades may lead to overheating and high cooling loads in the summer. This study proposes a novel e...
8 March 2021
Assessment of risk before lung resection surgery can provide anesthesiologists with information about whether a patient can be weaned from the ventilator immediately after surgery. However, it is difficult for anesthesiologists to perform a complete...
Nasopharyngeal ventilation (NPV) is a common technique used to support breathing, particularly when a patient’s respiration is inadequate, such as under sedation. It involves delivering oxygen through an endotracheal tube positioned above the g...
Home mechanical ventilation (HMV) is a dynamically developing field of medicine driven by the increasing number of patients and technological advancements. In Poland, HMV has been financed from public funds since 2004. However, the organization of HM...
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) issues have a direct impact on the health and comfort of building occupants. In this paper, an experimental low-cost system has been developed to address IAQ issues by using a distributed internet of things platform to contro...
The safety of large indoor workspaces hinges on ventilation layout and airflow organization, particularly for dense contaminants that pool near the floor. This qualitative, full-scale case study evaluates chlorine (Cl2) capture using supporting CFD a...
Background: Advances in management have improved mortality of individuals with chronic respiratory failure (CRF), leading to an increase in need for long-term oxygen therapy and/or ventilatory support. These individuals require frequent visits and mo...
Patient–ventilator dyssynchrony is a mismatch between the patient’s respiratory efforts and mechanical ventilator delivery. Dyssynchrony can occur at any phase throughout the respiratory cycle. There are different types of dyssynchrony with different...
(1) Background: The exercise capacity of patients with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) remains limited despite mechanical support. Higher dead space ventilation (VD/VT) may be a surrogate for right ventricular to pulmonary artery uncoupling (...
Objectives: Interactions between mechanical ventilation (MV) and carbapenem interventions were investigated for the risk of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in critically ill patients undergoing concurrent carbapenem therapy. Methods: Taiwan’s N...
Background/Objectives: Long-term ventilation (LTV) is a widely used treatment for the management of patients with chronic respiratory failure. As use increases, it generates further questions about aspects of care. One issue is the potential risk of...
For patients undergoing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy, the pneumoperitoneum with a steep Trendelenburg position could worsen intraoperative respiratory mechanics and result in postoperative atelectasis. We investigated the effects of individua...
Background: Anti-inflammatory corticosteroids are used in cancer treatment and COVID-19 infections. Data on the impact of non-dexamethasone corticosteroids on COVID-19 infection severity in cancer patients are minimal. This study investigates if cort...
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neuromuscular disease, the management of which requires the continuous provision of multidisciplinary therapies. Owing to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, regular contact with ALS...
31 October 2024
The harms of combustible cigarette (CC) use in pregnancy for fetal development are well studied. Less understood are the potential impacts of newer non-combustible cigarette alternatives, including electronic cigarettes (ECs). Our goal was to examine...
Spontaneous ventilation lung surgery (SVLS) without intubation is aimed at avoiding adverse effects of mechanical ventilation lung surgery (MVLS) entailing one-lung mechanical ventilation through a double-lumen tracheal tube. This innovative strategy...
Pompe disease is an autosomal-recessive lysosomal storage disorder characterized by progressive myopathy with proximal muscle weakness, respiratory muscle dysfunction, and cardiomyopathy (in infants only). In patients with juvenile or adult disease o...
Objectives: COVID-19 patients thought unlikely to benefit from organ support, thereby having a ward-based ceiling of care (WBCoC), represent a distinct subgroup. There are no associated studies in mortality. We sought to identify clinical risk factor...
(1) Background: High-flow nasal therapy (HFNT) has shown several benefits in addressing respiratory failure. However, the quality of evidence and the guidance for safe practice are lacking. This survey aimed to understand HFNT practice and the needs...
A solar chimney is a renewable energy system used to enhance the natural ventilation in a building based on solar and wind energy. It is one of the most representative solar-assisted passive ventilation systems attached to the building envelope. It p...
During mechanical ventilation, a disparity between flow, pressure and volume demands of the patient and the assistance delivered by the mechanical ventilator often occurs. This paper introduces an alternative approach of simulating and evaluating pat...
Background: Little has been reported in terms of clinical outcomes to confirm the benefits of nebulized bronchodilators during mechanical ventilation (MV). Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) could be a valuable method to elucidate this gap. Object...
Assessing the respiratory system of a patient receiving mechanical ventilation is complex. We provide an overview of an approach at the bedside underpinned by physiology. We discuss the importance of distinguishing between extensive and intensive ven...
Until 25 years ago, there were limited options for long-term mechanical ventilation of children, and the majority of children were cared for in hospitals. However, with improving technology, the pediatric intensive care unit has moved from the hospit...
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