-
- Peter J Papadakos, Marcin Karcz, David Schwaiberger, and Burkhard Lachmann.
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA. peter_papadakos@urmc.rochester.edu
- Mt. Sinai J. Med. 2012 Jan 1;79(1):116-22.
AbstractThere has been a marked increase in the volume of critical care services throughout the world in the last few years with the wide addition of intensive care units in developing nations. Despite extensive efforts in research and some progress in treatment, mortality and morbidity have not significantly decreased. Recent research has demonstrated that modifying standard practices of mechanical ventilation and sedation may contribute to improved patient outcomes. This article discusses how new aspects of physiologically based mechanical ventilation with minimal intravenous sedation may help decrease the incidence of nosocomial pneumonia, modulate systemic inflammatory response, and reduce the incidence of delirium. These interlinked modalities may someday contribute to decreased length of stay and a reduction in treatment-related complications. These concepts may also open new avenues to improve patient care and stimulate ongoing investigation in other areas related to physiologically based critical care practices.© 2012 Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Notes
Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
- Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as
*italics*
,_underline_
or**bold**
. - Superscript can be denoted by
<sup>text</sup>
and subscript<sub>text</sub>
. - Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines
1. 2. 3.
, hyphens-
or asterisks*
. - Links can be included with:
[my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
- Images can be included with:
![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
- For footnotes use
[^1](This is a footnote.)
inline. - Or use an inline reference
[^1]
to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document[^1]: This is a long footnote.
.