Background and setting: A general mixed surgical intensive care unit in a university hospital; all doctors and nurses in the unit; all adult patients (>18 years) treated by intermittent positive ...
Patients eligible for inclusion in the study included any mechanically ventilated patient on the stroke/medical ICU who had been intubated in the hospital for less than 24 hours and did not have a ...
In 2009, the process measures subject to analysis included 2,396 HOB elevation observations (98.6% compliance), 611 ventilator circuits without changes (99.8% compliance) and 611 observations of ...
It may also be of use as a diagnostic tool in the control of breathing in mechanically ventilated patients. However, while measurement of blood gas tensions ... effort and WOB are accurate and ...