scholarly journals How safe is intermittent positive pressure ventilation in preterm babies ventilated from delivery to newborn intensive care unit?

2004 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 84F-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Tracy
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Positive Pressure Ventilation ◽  
Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation ◽  
Positive Pressure ◽  
Newborn Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Preterm Babies ◽  
Newborn Intensive Care

Simple Device for Producing Continuous Negative Pressure in Infants With IRDS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-131
Author(s):  
Eduardo Bancalari ◽  
Tilo Gerhardt ◽  
Ellen Monkus
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Negative Pressure ◽  
Positive Pressure Ventilation ◽  
Newborn Infants ◽  
Transpulmonary Pressure ◽  
Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation ◽  
Positive Pressure ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Newborn Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Newborn Intensive Care

Increasing experience with the use of continuous transpulmonary pressure, either positive or negative, during the last years has clearly demonstrated the success of this mode of therapy in IRDS.1-3 Forty newborn infants with this disease have been treated with continuous negative pressure (CNP) in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami School of Medicine, using a modified incubator-respirator.* Twenty-one required only CNP, three of whom died (14%). Among the 19 who needed CNP plus intermittent positive pressure ventilation, nine died (47%). All required more than 70% oxygen to maintain a Pao2 over 50 mm Hg before using CNP.

scholarly journals Control of cross-infection in an intensive care unit

1969 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 525-532 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. M. Harris ◽  
J. M. Orwin ◽  
J. Colquhoun ◽  
H. G. Schroeder
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Positive Pressure Ventilation ◽  
Intensive Therapy ◽  
Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation ◽  
Cross Infection ◽  
Positive Pressure ◽  
Intensive Therapy Unit ◽  
And Staphylococcus Aureus

SUMMARYIn a survey undertaken in an intensive care unit, coliform bacilli were found to be responsible for most infections,Pseudomonas aeruginosaand Staphylococcus aureus being isolated much less frequently. Tracheostomy or endotracheal intubation predisposed to infection, but in our experience intermittent positive pressure ventilation did not significantly affect its incidence. Little cross-infection has occurred, and it has never been possible to incriminate the ventilators in its transmission.We gratefully acknowledge the assistance we have received from colleagues in the Intensive Therapy Unit and the Department of Bacteriology during the course of this investigation.

Are Surveillance of Resistant Enteric Bacilli and Antimicrobial Usage Among Neonates in a Newborn Intensive Care Unit Useful?

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Robert D. White ◽  
Timothy R. Townsend ◽  
Maureen A. Stephens ◽  
E. Richard Moxon
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Sepsis ◽  
Antibiotic Use ◽  
Surveillance Data ◽  
Effective Control ◽  
Antimicrobial Usage ◽  
Newborn Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Newborn Intensive Care ◽  
Colonization Rates

From March 1976 through December 1978, the prevalence of ampicillin- and gentamicin-resistant enteric bacilli was monitored in fecal cultures of neonates in an intensive care unit. Substantial fluctuations in colonization rates were observed which did not correlate with the occurrence of sepsis due to these organisms nor with variations in antibiotic use. This experience suggests that the availability of these surveillance data did not result in more effective control of neonatal sepsis due to enteric bacilli.

Comparative study between noninvasive positive pressure ventilation and invasive mechanical ventilation in patients with respiratory failure

QJM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 114 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed N Al Shafi'i ◽  
Doaa M. Kamal El-din ◽  
Mohammed A. Abdulnaiem Ismaiel ◽  
Hesham M Abotiba
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Respiratory Failure ◽  
Acute Respiratory Failure ◽  
Positive Pressure Ventilation ◽  
Invasive Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation ◽  
Positive Pressure ◽  
Significant Difference

Abstract Background Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) has been increasingly used in the management of respiratory failure in intensive care unit (ICU). Aim of the Work is to compare the efficacy and resource consumption of NIPPMV delivered through face mask against invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) delivered by endotracheal tube in the management of patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF). Patients and Methods This prospective randomized controlled study included 78 adults with acute respiratory failure who were admitted to the intensive care unit. The enrolled patients were randomly allocated to receive either noninvasive ventilation or conventional mechanical ventilation (CMV). Results Severity of illness, measured by the simplified acute physiologic score 3 (SAPS 3), were comparable between the two patient groups with no significant difference between them. Both study groups showed a comparable steady improvement in PaO2:FiO2 values, indicating that NIPPV is as effective as CMV in improving the oxygenation of patients with ARF. The PaCO2 and pH values gradually improved in both groups during the 48 hours of ventilation. 12 hours after ventilation, NIPPMV group showed significantly more improvement in PaCO2 and pH than the CMV group. The respiratory acidosis was corrected in the NIPPV group after 24 hours of ventilation compared with 36 hours in the CMV group. NIPPV in this study was associated with a lower frequency of complications than CMV, including ventilator acquired pneumonia (VAP), sepsis, renal failure, pulmonary embolism, and pancreatitis. However, only VAP showed a statistically significant difference. Patients who underwent NIPPV in this study had lower mortality, and lower ventilation time and length of ICU stay, compared with patients on CMV. Intubation was required for less than a third of patients who initially underwent NIV. Conclusion Based on our study findings, NIPPV appears to be a potentially effective and safe therapeutic modality for managing patients with ARF.

A computer-generated blood gas display in a newborn intensive care unit

1983 ◽  
Vol 103 (5) ◽  
pp. 825-828 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus C. Hermansen ◽  
Paul H. Perlstein ◽  
Harry D. Atherton ◽  
Neil K. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Blood Gas ◽  
Newborn Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Newborn Intensive Care

Accidental heparin toxicity in the newborn intensive care unit

1978 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard L. Schreiner ◽  
Ralph J. Wynn ◽  
Claudia McNulty
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Newborn Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Newborn Intensive Care

Contaminated Breast Milk: A Source of Klebsiella Bacteremia in a Newborn Intensive Care Unit

1981 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 716-720 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. G. Donowitz ◽  
F. J. Marsik ◽  
K. A. Fisher ◽  
R. P. Wenzel
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Breast Milk ◽  
Newborn Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Newborn Intensive Care
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