Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Nov 2016
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyNeurally adjusted ventilatory assist as an alternative to pressure support ventilation in adults: a French multicentre randomized trial.
Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) is a ventilatory mode that tailors the level of assistance delivered by the ventilator to the electromyographic activity of the diaphragm. The objective of this study was to compare NAVA and pressure support ventilation (PSV) in the early phase of weaning from mechanical ventilation. ⋯ NAVA is safe and feasible over a prolonged period of time but does not increase the probability of remaining in a partial ventilatory mode. However, NAVA decreases patient-ventilator asynchrony and is associated with less frequent application of post-extubation noninvasive mechanical ventilation.
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Intensive care medicine · Nov 2016
Randomized Controlled TrialNitric oxide administration during paediatric cardiopulmonary bypass: a randomised controlled trial.
Cardiopulmonary bypass induces an ischaemia-reperfusion injury and systemic inflammatory response, which contributes to low cardiac output syndrome following cardiac surgery. Exogenous nitric oxide during cardiopulmonary bypass has shown potential to ameliorate such injury. We undertook a large randomised controlled trial to investigate the clinical effects of administering nitric oxide to the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit in children. ⋯ ACTRN12615001376538.