The reliability and validity of a new and simple method to measure sedation levels in intensive care patients: A pilot study

Heart & Lung ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan M. Binnekade ◽  
Margreeth B. Vroom ◽  
Rien de Vos ◽  
Rob J. de Haan
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Simple Method ◽  
Intensive Care Patients

A pilot study on coexisting symptoms in intensive care patients

2006 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 216-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise T. Li ◽  
Kathleen Puntillo
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Intensive Care Patients

scholarly journals Evaluation of a fluidised positioner to reduce occipital pressure injuries in intensive care patients: A pilot study

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 424-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Barakat‐Johnson ◽  
Michelle Lai ◽  
Amit Gefen ◽  
Fiona Coyer
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Intensive Care Patients

A Simple Method of Bronchoalveolar Lavage

1994 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. B. Schindler ◽  
P. N. Cox
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Bronchoalveolar Lavage ◽  
Infant Feeding ◽  
Lung Biopsy ◽  
Pneumocystis Carinii ◽  
Tracheal Aspirate ◽  
Simple Method ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Intensive Care Patients ◽  
Cheap Method

Twenty-eight ventilated paediatric intensive care patients, mean age 4.1 ± 4 years, who had had a simple method of non-bronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage (NB-BAL) performed were reviewed. The NB-BAL technique involved blindly wedging a 5 or 8F infant feeding catheter endobronchially and lavaging one millilitre per kg saline using a syringe. Adequate samples were collected in 87% of the NB-BAL specimens. In two of the four inadequate specimens, Pneumocystis carinii was still able to be identified. Additional information not obtained from the tracheal aspirate culture was seen in 71% of the NB-BAL samples. One-third of the patients also had a bronchoscopic BAL or a lung biopsy performed and the culture results were all identical to those obtained from NB-BAL. No significant complications were seen. Oxygenation and ventilation were not altered by the technique. We conclude that NB-BAL performed using a syringe and infant feeding catheter is a simple and cheap method that produces good alveolar samples in the majority of cases.

Reduction of pressure sores during prone positioning of ventilated intensive care patients by the prone-head support system: a pilot study

2005 ◽  
Vol 117 (3) ◽  
pp. 98-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Prebio ◽  
Elfriede Katz-Papatheophilou ◽  
Werner Heindl ◽  
Herbert Gelbmann ◽  
Otto C. Burghuber
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Support System ◽  
Pressure Sores ◽  
Prone Positioning ◽  
Intensive Care Patients ◽  
System A
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