In mechanically ventilated patients, measurements of mechanics can provide information about the severity of disease, the response to treatment, and the safety of ventilator discontinuation.
For improvement of patient safety, monitors and ventilator workstations are equipped with alarms.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released modified definitions for ventilator-associated events that have the potential to make safety surveillance for ventilated patients more credible and useful once again.
4 Enhancing PSC has been associated with reductions in specific patient safety problems, such as ventilator-associated pneumonia, blood stream infections, patient falls, medication errors, and increased mortality.
The backup safety respiratory frequency of the ventilator was set at 6 by minute to allow expiratory maneuvers of 10 s.
Equipment safety systems of monitors and ventilators are not properly used.
The objective was to study a cohort of general ICU patients electively reintubated with the LoTrach tracheal tube (tube exchange) to determine safety and to audit postprocedural ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).
This triggered the automatic ventilator shut-off, a safety feature of the SensorMedics oscillator.
This was an observational study on safety, CO2-removal capacity, effects on pH, ventilator settings, and hemodynamics.
A collection and mixing device has been developed that collects the exhaled gases and does not interfere with the safety and monitoring concept of the lung ventilator.
The routine use of LUS limited the number of chest X-ray examinations and decreased transportation to radiology for CT-scan, increasing patient safety and avoiding the transitory disconnection from ventilator.
