scholarly journals Perceptions of Patients and Families who Received a Music Intervention During Mechanical Ventilation

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary F. Tracy ◽  
Abbey Staugaitis ◽  
Linda Chlan ◽  
Annie Heiderscheit
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Music Intervention ◽  
Emotional Experiences ◽  
Family Experiences ◽  
Mechanically Ventilated ◽  
Integrative Intervention

The intensive care unit (ICU) is a technologically-driven environment where critically ill patients and their families have significant physical and emotional experiences. Mechanically ventilated (MV) patients can experience significant distress from anxiety and pain. Music listening is one integrative intervention that has been shown to reduce anxiety as well as other symptoms that contribute to distress in MV patients. This is a report of MV patient and family experiences from a larger research study aiming to evaluate levels of anxiety and sedative exposure with use of a patient-directed music intervention. Understanding perceptions of MV patients and families regarding the effectiveness of music listening might serve as a useful guide to improvement of their care.

scholarly journals Ventilator-Associated Tracheobronchitis: To Treat or Not to Treat?

Antibiotics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Despoina Koulenti ◽  
Kostoula Arvaniti ◽  
Mathew Judd ◽  
Natasha Lalos ◽  
Iona Tjoeng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Healthcare Costs ◽  
Treatment Duration ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Narrative Review ◽  
Mechanically Ventilated ◽  
Treat All ◽  
The Cost

Ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis (VAT) is an infection commonly affecting mechanically ventilated intubated patients. Several studies suggest that VAT is associated with increased duration of mechanical ventilation (MV) and length of intensive care unit (ICU) stay, and a presumptive increase in healthcare costs. Uncertainties remain, however, regarding the cost/benefit balance of VAT treatment. The aim of this narrative review is to discuss the two fundamental and inter-related dilemmas regarding VAT, i.e., (i) how to diagnose VAT? and (ii) should we treat VAT? If yes, should we treat all cases or only selected ones? How should we treat in terms of antibiotic choice, route, treatment duration?

scholarly journals A study on symptoms of children mechanically ventilated in a paediatric intensive care unit of a minimum resource setting in tertiary care centre

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 574
Author(s):  
Korisipati Ankireddy ◽  
Aruna Jyothi K.
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Critically Ill ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Limited Resource ◽  
Critically Ill Children ◽  
Invasive Ventilation ◽  
Ventilator Support ◽  
Mechanically Ventilated

Background: Mechanical ventilation, a lifesaving intervention in a critical care unit is under continuous evolution in modern era. Despite this, the management of children with invasive ventilation in developing countries with limited resources is challenging. The study analyses the clinical profile, indications, complications and duration of ventilator care in limited resource settings. Methods: A retrospective study of critically ill children mechanically ventilated in an intensive care unit of a tertiary care government hospital.   Results: A total of 120 children required invasive ventilation during the study period of 1 year. Infants constituted the majority (70%), and males (65%) were marginally more than female children (35%). Respiratory failure was the most common indication for invasive ventilation (55%). The major underlying etiology for invasive ventilation was bronchopneumonia associated with septic shock (30%); and the same also required a prolonged duration of ventilation of >72 hours (35%). Prolonged ventilator support of >72 hours predisposed to more complications as well as a prolonged hospital stay of >2 weeks and above, which was statistically significant. Upper lobe atelectasis (50%) and ventilator associated pneumonia (25%) were the major complications. The mortality rate of present study population was 40% as opposed to the overall mortality of 10%.   Conclusions: Present study highlights that critically ill children can be managed with mechanical ventilation even in limited resource settings. The child should be assessed clinically regarding the tolerance to extubation every day, to minimise the complications associated with prolonged ventilator support.

scholarly journals Effect of gastric residual volume monitoring on incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients admitted to intensive care unit

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elnaz Faramarzi ◽  
Ata Mahmoodpoor ◽  
Hadi Hamishehkar ◽  
Kamran Shadvar ◽  
Afshin Iranpour ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia ◽  
Residual Volume ◽  
Gastric Residual Volume ◽  
Mechanically Ventilated ◽  
Mechanically Ventilated Patients ◽  
Icu Length Of Stay ◽  
Ventilated Patients

Objectives: The value of gastric residual volume (GRV) monitoring in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) has frequently been questioned in the past years. In this trial, the effect of GRV on the frequency of VAP was evaluated in critically ill patients under mechanical ventilation. Methods: This descriptive study was carried out on 150 adult patients admitted to the intensive care unit over a 14-month period, from October 2015 to January 2017. GRV was measured every three hours, and gastric intolerance was defined as GRV>250 cc. The incidence of vomiting and VAP, GRV, length of mechanical ventilation and ICU stay, APACHE II and SOFA scores, and mortality rate were noted. Results: The mean APACHEII and SOFA scores, ICU length of stay, and duration of mechanical ventilation in the GRV>250ml group were significantly higher than in the GRV≤250 ml group (P<0.05). Also, a significantly higher number of patients in the GRV>250ml group experienced infection (62.3%) and vomiting (71.7%) compared with the GRV≤250 group (P<0.01). The highest OR was observed for SOFA score >15 and APACHE II >30, which increased the risk of GVR>250 ml by 10.09 (1.01-99.97) and 8.78 (1.49-51.58), respectively. Moreover, the increase in GVR was found to be higher in the non-survivor than in the survivor group. Conclusion: Increased GRV did not result in increased rates of VAP, ICU length of stay, and mortality. Therefore, the routine measurement of GRV as an important element of the VAP prevention bundle is not recommended in critically ill patients. How to cite this: Faramarzi E, Mahmoodpoor A, Hamishehkar H, Shadvar K, Iranpour A, Sabzevari T, et al. Effect of gastric residual volume monitoring on incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients admitted to intensive care unit. Pak J Med Sci. 2020;36(1):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.1.1321 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

scholarly journals Effect of gastric residual volume monitoring on incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients admitted to intensive care unit

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elnaz Faramarzi ◽  
Ata Mahmoodpoor ◽  
Hadi Hamishehkar ◽  
Kamran Shadvar ◽  
Afshin Iranpour ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia ◽  
Residual Volume ◽  
Gastric Residual Volume ◽  
Mechanically Ventilated ◽  
Mechanically Ventilated Patients ◽  
Icu Length Of Stay ◽  
Ventilated Patients

Objectives: The value of gastric residual volume (GRV) monitoring in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) has frequently been questioned in the past years. In this trial, the effect of GRV on the frequency of VAP was evaluated in critically ill patients under mechanical ventilation. Methods: This descriptive study was carried out on 150 adult patients admitted to the intensive care unit over a 14-month period, from October 2015 to January 2017. GRV was measured every three hours, and gastric intolerance was defined as GRV>250 cc. The incidence of vomiting and VAP, GRV, length of mechanical ventilation and ICU stay, APACHE II and SOFA scores, and mortality rate were noted. Results: The mean APACHEII and SOFA scores, ICU length of stay, and duration of mechanical ventilation in the GRV>250ml group were significantly higher than in the GRV≤250 ml group (P<0.05). Also, a significantly higher number of patients in the GRV>250ml group experienced infection (62.3%) and vomiting (71.7%) compared with the GRV≤250 group (P<0.01). The highest OR was observed for SOFA score >15 and APACHE II >30, which increased the risk of GVR>250 ml by 10.09 (1.01-99.97) and 8.78 (1.49-51.58), respectively. Moreover, the increase in GVR was found to be higher in the non-survivor than in the survivor group. Conclusion: Increased GRV did not result in increased rates of VAP, ICU length of stay, and mortality. Therefore, the routine measurement of GRV as an important element of the VAP prevention bundle is not recommended in critically ill patients. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.2.1321 How to cite this: Faramarzi E, Mahmoodpoor A, Hamishehkar H, Shadvar K, Iranpour A, Sabzevari T, et al. Effect of gastric residual volume monitoring on incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients admitted to intensive care unit. Pak J Med Sci. 2020;36(2):48-53. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.2.1321 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

scholarly journals Non-cardio respiratory monitoring of mechanically ventilated critically ill patients

2019 ◽  
pp. S150-S159
Author(s):  
Chinmaya Kumar Panda ◽  
Habib Mohammad Reazaul Karim ◽  
Subrata Kumar Singha
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Critically Ill ◽  
Critically Ill Patients ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Multiple Organ ◽  
Respiratory Monitoring ◽  
Arterial Oxygen ◽  
Mechanically Ventilated

Critically ill patients often require multiple organ supports; respiratory support in terms of mechanical ventilation (MV) is one of the commonest. But, only providing an organ support contributes less to the complete well being of the patients. Moreover, MV itself can affect various physiological systems, metabolic response, and cause side effects. A very close temporal relationship exists between patients, monitoring and management decision too, and therefore, appropriate information from monitoring can lead to better outcomes. The present review is intended to briefly highlight the current opinions and strategies for non cardio-respiratory monitoring in such critically ill patients.Abbreviations: AKI-Acute Kidney Injury; APACHE-Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; BPS-Behavioral Pain Scale; CAM-ICU-Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit; CPOT–Critical Care Pain Observation Tool; EVLWI-Extra vascular lung water index; FDA-Food and Drug Administration; ISO-International Organization for Standardization; ICU-Intensive Care Unit; LOS-Length of stay; MODS-Multiple Organ Dysfunction Score; MV-Mechanical Ventilation; PaO2-Partial pressure of arterial oxygen; FiO2-Fraction of inspired oxygen; SAPS-Simplified Acute Physiologic Score; RASS-Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale; SOFA-Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; SAS-Sedation Agitation Scale; UO-Urine outputCitation: Panda CK, Karim HMR, Singha SK. Non-cardio respiratory monitoring of mechanically ventilated critically ill patients. Anaesth Pain & Intensive Care 2018;22 Suppl 1:S150-S159Received: 9 Jul 2018 Reviewed: 1 Oct 2018 Corrected & Accepted: 9 Oct 2018

scholarly journals Analgesia and sedation in surgery Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

2017 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
Sanja Maric ◽  
Dalibor Boskovic
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Pain Management ◽  
Clinical Outcomes ◽  
Therapeutic Interventions ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Icu Patients ◽  
Mechanically Ventilated ◽  
Pain At Rest

The goals of analgesia and sedation at the intensive care unit (ICU) are to facilitate mechanical ventilation, prevent patient and caregiver injury, and avoid the psychological and physiologic consequences of inadequate treatment of pain, anxiety, agitation, and delirium. Most ICU patients, especially the surgical and trauma ones, routinely experience pain at rest and with routine procedures. Treating pain in ICU patients depends on a clinician?s ability to perform a reproducible pain assessment and to monitor patients over time to determine the adequacy of therapeutic interventions to treat pain. Implementation of behavioral pain scales improves ICU pain management and clinical outcomes, including better use of analgesic and sedative agents and shorter durations of mechanical ventilation and ICU stay. Opioids are the primary medications for managing pain in critically ill patients. Multimodal approach to pain management in ICU patients has been recommended. Sedatives are commonly administered to ICU patients to treat agitation and its negative consequences. Sedation strategies using nonbenzodiazepine sedatives (propofol or dexmedetomidine) may be preferred over sedation with benzodiazepines (midazolam or lorazepam) to improve clinical outcomes in mechanically ventilated adult ICU patients. It is recommend daily sedation interruption or a light target level of sedation be routinely used in adult intensive care patients using mechanical ventilation. Delirium affecting up to 80% of mechanically ventilated adult ICU patients. ICU protocols that combine routine pain and sedation assessments, with pain management and sedation-minimizing strategies, along with delirium monitoring and prevention, may be the best strategy for avoiding the complications of oversedation. Protocolized pain, agitation and delirium assessment (PAD ICU), is significantly associated with a reduction in the use of analgesic medications, ICU length of stay, and duration of mechanical ventilation.

scholarly journals Comparison of dexmedetomidine and midazolam infusion for sedation in patients admitted in intensive care unit

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-10
Author(s):  
Lalit Kumar Rajbanshi ◽  
Batsalya Arjyal ◽  
Akriti Bajracharya ◽  
Kanak Khanal ◽  
Apurb Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Early Discharge ◽  
Icu Mortality ◽  
Time Duration ◽  
Mechanically Ventilated ◽  
Sedation Level ◽  
Midazolam Infusion ◽  
Icu Delirium

Introduction: Dexmedetomidine and midazolam are frequently used to maintain sedation in mechanically ventilated patient in intensive care unit. The study compared dexmedetomidine and midazolam infusion in mechanically ventilated patient in terms providing effective sedation. Methods: This was one year prospec­tive comparative study conducted in 130 mechanically ventilated patients who were randomly divided in two groups receiving either dexmedetomidine or midazolam infusion for sedation. Sedation level was assessed by Riker Sedation-Agitation Scale with the aim of maintaining target sedation score of 3 to 4. The two drugs were compared in terms of sedation level in first 24 hours, time required to achieve target sedation level, hemody­namic changes and adverse effects including ICU delirium. The outcome was measured in terms of duration of mechanical ventilation, length of ICU stays and ICU mortality. Results: Both dexmedetomidine and midazolam achieved target sedation level in a comparable time duration. The median sedation level for both the drugs was 4 and 3 in initial 4 and 24 hours respectively. Dexmedetomidne produced significant decrease in blood pressure and heart rate (P=0.044 and P=0.007 respectively). Patients treated with dexmedetomidine had less incidence of ICU delirium (odds ratio=2.669, P=0.029).Dexmedetomidine infusion had significantly shorter duration mechanical ventilation (4.10 ± 2.05 vs. 5.15 ± 2.44, P=0.011), early discharge from ICU (6.05 ± 2.02 vs. 7.48 ± 2.42, p=0.001). ICU mortality was comparable between the groups. Conclusion: Dexmedetomidine and midazolam both were equally effective in maintaining sedation in Critically ill patient. Compared to midazolam, dexmedetomidine could be a preferred sedative in ICU in terms of early removal from mechanical ventilation, early discharge from ICU and less incidence of delirium.

scholarly journals The Effect of Dexmedetomidine as a Sedative Agent for Mechanically Ventilated Patients With Sepsis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caimu Wang ◽  
Qijiang Chen ◽  
Ping Wang ◽  
Weisheng Jin ◽  
Chao Zhong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Inflammatory Response ◽  
Intensive Care Unit Stay ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Mechanically Ventilated ◽  
Mechanically Ventilated Patients ◽  
Ventilated Patients ◽  
Sedative Agents

Purpose: Dexmedetomidine has been shown to improve clinical outcomes in critically ill patients. However, its effect on septic patients remains controversial. Therefore, the purpose of this meta-analysis was to assess the effect of dexmedetomidine as a sedative agent for mechanically ventilated patients with sepsis.Methods: We searched PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Cochrane Library from inception through May 2021 for randomized controlled trials that enrolled mechanically ventilated, adult septic patients comparing dexmedetomidine with other sedatives or placebo.Results: A total of nine studies involving 1,134 patients were included in our meta-analysis. The overall mortality (RR 0.97, 95%CI 0.82 to 1.13, P = 0.67, I2 = 25%), length of intensive care unit stay (MD −1.12, 95%CI −2.89 to 0.64, P = 0.21, I2 = 71%), incidence of delirium (RR 0.95, 95%CI 0.72 to 1.25, P = 0.70, I2 = 0%), and delirium free days (MD 1.76, 95%CI –0.94 to 4.47, P = 0.20, I2 = 80%) were not significantly different between dexmedetomidine and other sedative agents. Alternatively, the use of dexmedetomidine was associated with a significant reduction in the duration of mechanical ventilation (MD –0.53, 95%CI −0.85 to −0.21, P = 0.001, I2 = 0%) and inflammatory response (TNF-α: MD −5.27, 95%CI −7.99 to −2.54, P&lt;0.001, I2 = 0%; IL-1β: MD −1.25, 95%CI −1.91 to –0.59, P&lt;0.001, I2 = 0%).Conclusions: For patients with sepsis, the use of dexmedetomidine as compared with other sedative agents does not affect all-cause mortality, length of intensive care unit stay, the incidence of delirium, and delirium-free days. But the dexmedetomidine was associated with the reduced duration of mechanical ventilation and inflammatory response.

Some more parameters of utilization of intensive care units in Hungary

2011 ◽  
Vol 152 (45) ◽  
pp. 1813-1817
Author(s):  
Miklós Gresz
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Mechanically Ventilated ◽  
Mechanically Ventilated Patients ◽  
Institutional Level ◽  
National Network ◽  
Direct Discharge ◽  
Ventilated Patients

According to the “Semmelweis plan for saving health care”, „the capacity of the national network of intensive care units in Hungary is one but not the only bottleneck of emergency care at present”. In an earlier report the author showed, on the basis of data reported to the health insurance that not in a single calendar day more than 75% of beds in intensive care units were occupied. There were about 15 to 20 thousand sick days which could be considered unnecessary, because patients occupying these beds were discharged to their homes directly from the intensive care unit. This study examines the functioning of intensive care units partly at the institutional level. The author shows how the number of days using mechanical ventilation and the number of direct discharges to the home of patients have changed, and proves that those institutions where the proportion of direct discharge to home so overnursing of patients was high, the rate of mechanically ventilated patients was low. Orv. Hetil., 2011, 152, 1813–1817.

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