El presente documento tiene la finalidad de guiar a los médicos que manejan la unidad de cuidados intensivos en los Hospitales Temporales Nacionales que atienden pacientes con COVID-19 en cuanto a la aplicación de sedación y analgesia.
Una adecuada sedoanalgesia y el uso de bloqueantes neuromuscular...
ABSTRACT Objective: To develop and apply a competency-based test to assess learning among internal medicine residents during a respiratory ICU rotation at a university hospital. Methods: We developed a test comprising 19 multiple-choice questions regarding knowledge of mechanical ventilation (MV) and 4...
RESUMO Objetivo Avaliar a eficácia da ventilação mecânica não invasiva (VNI) em prevenir a intubação orotraqueal em uma população heterogênea de pacientes pediátricos e identificar os fatores preditivos associados à sua falha em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Pediátrica (UTIP). Métodos Estu...
Early mobilization is beneficial for critically ill patients because it reduces muscle weakness acquired in intensive care units. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of functional electrical stimulation (FES) and passive cycle ergometry (PCE) on the nitrous stress and inflammatory cytome...
Non-invasive home ventilation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and hypercapnia could be associated with decreased mortality, hospital admissions, and intubations
ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the impact that implementing a checklist during daily multidisciplinary rounds has on the duration of invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) and length of ICU stay. Methods: This was a non-randomized clinical trial in which the pre-intervention and post-intervention duratio...
ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of this study was to describe practices for weaning from mechanical ventilation (MV), in terms of the use of protocols, methods, and criteria, in pediatric ICUs (PICUs), neonatal ICUs (NICUs), and mixed neonatal/pediatric ICUs (NPICUs) in Brazil. Methods: This was a cross-se...
ABSTRACT Objective: Recently, there have been reports of children with severe inflammatory syndrome and multiorgan dysfunction associated with elevated inflammatory markers. These cases are reported as presenting the Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19. In thi...
SARS-CoV-2 is the agent responsible for COVID-19, the current pandemic, which is characterized by developing respiratory disturbances that are associated with severe hypoxemia associated with symptoms of non-bacterial pneumonia, ARDS up to multi-organ failure. It has been characterized by presenting 2 di...
