Articles in Category: International Fluid Academy

NIV via mask vs. helmet

NIV via mask vs. helmet

Effect of noninvasive ventilation delivered by helmet vs. face mask on the rate of endotracheal intubation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: A randomized clinical trial.

To determine whether noninvasive ventilation (NIV) delivered by helmet improves intubation rate among patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

36th ISICEM Free Full Text Reviews

36th ISICEM Free Full Text Reviews

From Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2016

Reviews

Below you can find the links to the full text open access of the 10 review papers published in relation to the 36th ISICEM (International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine), held in Brussels, Belgium, March 13-18, 2016.

Cristal

Cristal

Crystalloids or Colloids in Hypovolemic Shock

CRISTAL wanted to test whether the use of colloids or crystalloids for fluid resuscitation is more likely to reduce mortality in patients admitted to the ICU with acute hypovolemic shock

How to set PEEP in Abdominal Hypertension

How to set PEEP in Abdominal Hypertension

How Intra-Abdominal Pressure affects respiratory mechanics and how to set PEEP in intra-abdominal hypertension

Increased intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) alters PV curves and usually shifts the chest wall PV loop to the right while lung PV curves remain unaffected.

The application of PEEP will increase IAP but only when > 10 cmH2O
On average a PEEP 15 cmH2O → IAP + 1.5mmHg

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