Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Jun 1999
Comparative Study Clinical TrialValidation of "nine equivalents of nursing manpower use score" on an independent data sample.
To compare the recently developed "nine equivalents of nursing manpower use score" (NEMS) with the simplified Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS-28). ⋯ This study confirms a good agreement between TISS-28 and NEMS in a large, independent sample. However, as shown by the differences between medical and postoperative/trauma patients, a change in case mix may result in different regression equations. Further, wide limits of agreement indicate that there may be a rather large variability between the two measures at the individual level.
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Intensive care medicine · May 1999
Partial liquid ventilation combined with kinetic therapy in acute respiratory failure in piglets.
To investigate the effect of the combination of kinetic therapy (KT) with partial liquid ventilation (PLV) on gas exchange, lung mechanics and hemodynamics in acute lung injury (ALI). ⋯ The additional use of KT did not show beneficial effects on oxygenation and lung mechanics during PLV. However, at constant minute ventilation PaCO2 levels were significantly lower during PLV/KT, indicating some positive influence on the ventilation/perfusion distribution within the lung. Extreme body positions during PLV/KT did not show any significant hemodynamic side effects.