Patients who are intubated prior to hospital arrival fare worse find Pitt researchers
... at the scene of an accident fare worse than those intubated after arrival to the hospital. The researchers als...f death were about four times greater if they were intubated out of the hospital. Neurologic and overall functional impairment was also greater. "These findings ...UCLA medical student develops, markets communication board for intubated patients
... easy-to-use augmentative communication board that intubated patients could use to make their needs known to th...h project that looked at the levels of frustration intubated patients experience in trying to communicate their needs. The results, "Patients' Reports of Health ...Study shows new patient care process can decrease risk to children on mechanical ventilation
...bations dropped from between 0.44 and 0.63 per 100 intubated patient days before use of the algorithm, to between 0 and 0.19 per 100 intubated patient days for the four years after mandatory use of the algorithm. Length of stay in the pediatri...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for November 2003 (first issue)
...rate samples from 35 infants most of whom had been intubated to allow passage of oxygen into their lungs; most had respiratory distress syndrome. The investigators found that surfactant samples obtained from premature infants within the first week of life contained low levels of surfactant proteins A, B, and ...Should ambulance crews perform emergency breathing procedure?
... identified 220 severely injured patients who were intubated out of hospital by a mobile emergency care unit, s...2 of these patients to hospital, and 74 (43%) were intubated before reaching hospital. Of these, 62 (84%) received anaesthetics. Thirty-six (58%) of patients who...