NRS 2002 as a Predictor of Prognosis in COPD With Respiratory Failure
Pulmonary DiseaseChronic Obstructive1 moreThis is a prospective study of patients diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with respiratory failure and admitted in West China Hospital during April 2017 to March 2019. The following variables will be prospectively studied: age, sex, height, weight, respiratory function indicators, arterial blood gas analysis results, biochemical data, nutritional risk screening 2002 (NRS 2002) score, short-term and long-term prognostic outcomes. The purpose of this study is to assess whether NRS 2002 is a useful prognosis predictor in COPD patients with respiratory failure.
Ultrasound to Evaluate Failure of Liberation From Mechanical Ventilation
Acute Respiratory FailureRespiration2 moreThis study will evaluate the heart, lungs and diaphragm of patients who fail a trial of spontaneous breathing to determine the physiological mechanism of weaning failure.
Prospective Evaluation of a RIsk Score for Postoperative Pulmonary COmPlications in Europe
Complication of Surgical ProcedureAcute Respiratory Failure4 moreProspective Evaluation of a RIsk Score for postoperative pulmonary COmPlications in Europe (PERISCOPE) is a multi-centre, international observational study of a random-sample cohort of patients undergoing a nonobstetric in-hospital surgical procedure under general or regional anaesthesia during a continued 7-day period of recruitment.
Extubation Readiness and Neuroventilatory Efficiency After Acute Respiratory Failure
Respiratory FailureThe aim of this study was to compare the indices of rapid shallow breathing, neuromechanical efficiency (NME), and neuroventilatory efficiency (NVE) between patients being successfully extubated and those who failed weaning.
Evaluation of a New Enteral Feeding Tube for the Measurement of Esophageal and Gastric Pressure...
Respiratory FailureInvestigators aim to evaluate the accuracy in the measurement of the esophageal and gastric pressure of a new enteral feeding tube
Epidemiology of Respiratory Insufficiency in Critical Care
Acute Respiratory FailureAcute respiratory failure is a common entity in intensive care units nowadays and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, thus representing a major health problem. Most of the published epidemiological studies on this condition were performed when modern ventilatory strategies and non-invasive ventilation were not available. Therefore, an actual evaluation on the incidence and outcomes of this syndrome is mandatory. We will perform an observational prospective study of patients admitted with acute respiratory insufficiency in several ICUs in Brazil.
Prognosis in Patients With Chronic Respiratory Failure Receiving Domiciliary Noninvasive Positive...
Chronic Respiratory FailureThe purposes of the present study are (1) to analyze baseline patient characteristics cross-sectionally, (2) to analyze the prognosis and its predictive factors, and (3) to examine longitudinal clinical course in patients with chronic respiratory failure receiving domiciliary NPPV.
Prospective Study on Swallowing/Breathing Interactions in Severe Guillain Barre Syndrome.
TetraplegiaRespiratory FailureTo estimate, in a longitudinal and not invasive way, in patients with SGB at respiratory risk, the function of respiratory muscles and that of the upper airways muscles by investigating the force of the tongue, the gulp, and the breath during the sleep to be able to detect bulbar impairment and establish correlations enter the various parameters to estimate better the interactions between the dysfunction of the respiratory muscles and that upper airways muscles and so determine the risk acute respiratory failure.
NIV-NAVA vs NIV-PS/PC in Respiratory Insufficiency
Respiratory InsufficiencyAcute Respiratory InsufficiencyThis study evaluates the difference between Non Invasive Ventilation with Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist (NIV-NAVA) and Conventional Non Invasive Ventilation with Pressure Support (PS) or Pressure Control (PC). All the patients are ventilated in each mode for 4 hours. Afterwards they will be subjected to a semi-structured interview where they will be asked to compare the two modes. The hypothesis is that NIV-NAVA will correct patients power of Hydrogen (pH), PaCO2 og PaO2 more quickly than NIV-PS and NIV-NAVA is more comfortable for the patients.
CPAP Reduces Hypoxemia After Cardiac Surgery
Acute Respiratory Failure Requiring ReintubationThe aim of study is to evaluate whether the application of a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) after extubation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery can reduce hypoxemia and re-intubation rate.