Given the important role of patient-ventilator assessments in ensuring the safety and efficacy of mechanical ventilation, a team of respiratory therapists and a librarian used Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation methodology to make the following recommendations: (1) We rec...
Patients hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) are frequently admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) for invasive mechanical ventilation and receive treatment by physiotherapists. However, clinical physiotherapy practice is variable for this ICU cohort.
To develop a clinical practice gui...
Ha, Tae Sun;
Oh, Dong Kyu;
Lee, Hak-Jae;
Chang, Youjin;
Jeong, In Seok;
Sim, Yun Su;
Hong, Suk-Kyung;
Park, Sunghoon;
Suh, Gee Young;
Park, So Young.
Successful liberation from mechanical ventilation is one of the most crucial processes in critical care because it is the first step by which a respiratory failure patient begins to transition out of the intensive care unit and return to their own life. Therefore, when devising appropriate strategies for...
Infection prevention and control consists of evidence-based measures intended to prevent exposure and reduce the risk of transmission of infectious agents.
The revised guidelines contain recommendations for specific administrative, environmental controls and respiratory protection, following the assessme...
Girard, TD;
Alhazzani, W;
Kress, JP;
Ouellette, DR;
Schmidt, GA;
Truwit, JD;
Burns, SM;
Epstein, SK;
Esteban, A;
Fan, E;
Ferrer, M;
Fraser, GL;
Gong, MN;
Hough, CL;
Mehta, S;
Nanchal, R;
Patel, S;
Pawlik, AJ;
Schweickert, WD;
Sessler, CN;
Strøm, T;
Wilson, KC;
Morris, PE.
"BACKGROUND:
This clinical practice guideline addresses six questions related to liberation from mechanical ventilation in critically ill adults. It is the result of a collaborative effort between the American Thoracic Society and the American College of Chest Physicians.
METHODS:
A multidisciplinary pa...
