Browsing by Subject "Ventilator weaning"
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Implications of extubation failure and prolonged mechanical ventilation in the postoperative period following elective intracranial surgery
(Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica, 2011-12-01)Patients undergoing neurosurgery are predisposed to a variety of complications related to mechanical ventilation (MV). There is an increased incidence of extubation failure, pneumonia, and prolonged MV among such patients. ...
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Incidence, indication and complications of postoperative reintubation after elective intracranial surgery
(Associação Paulista de Medicina - APM, 2013-01-01)CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE There are no reports on reintubation incidence and its causes and consequences during the postoperative period following elective intracranial surgery. The objective here was to evaluate the incidence ...
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The prediction of extubation success of postoperative neurosurgical patients using frequency-tidal volume ratios
(Humana Press Inc, 2008-08-01)Background the process of discontinuing neurological patients from mechanical ventilation is still controversial. the aim of this study was to report the outcome from extubating patients undergoing elective craniotomy and ...
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Traqueostomia precoce versus traqueostomia tardia em pacientes críticos: Revisão Sistemática
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2011-07-27)Contexto: O uso da ventilação mecânica prolongada pelos pacientes críticos em unidades de terapia intensiva (UTI) é uma das situações clínicas mais frequentes nas quais a traqueostomia é indicada. E os termos traqueostomias, ...