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Mechanical Ventilation Antioxidant Trial.

BACKGROUND: Many patients each year require prolonged mechanical ventilation. Inflammatory processes may prevent successful weaning, and evidence indicates that mechanical ventilation induces oxidative stress in the diaphragm, resulting in atrophy…

Tags: 2015, 80 and over, Acetylcysteine, Adult, Aged, American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, Antioxidants, Antioxidants/*therapeutic use, Artificial, Artificial/*adverse effects, Ascorbic Acid – Administration and Dosage, Ascorbic Acid/therapeutic use, Chi Square Test, Clochesy John M, Critical Care/*methods, Critical Illness, Critically Ill Patients, Cystine/analogs & derivatives/therapeutic use, Data Analysis Software, Department of Internal Medicine, Dietary Supplementation, Double-Blind Method, Double-Blind Studies, Female, Funding Source, Goldstein Lawrence S, Howe Kimberly P, Human, Humans, Inflammation/*drug therapy/*etiology, Intensive Care Units, Length of Stay, Log-Rank Test, Male, Mantel-Haenszel Test, Middle Age, Middle Aged, NEOMED College of Medicine, Owen Hugh, Oxidative Stress, Oxidative Stress/*drug effects, Prospective Studies, RANDOMIZED controlled trials, Respiration, T-Tests, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome, Ventilator Weaning, Vitamin E, Vitamin E/therapeutic use, Vitamins/therapeutic use

Noninvasive ventilation.

Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NPPV) is the delivery of mechanical-assisted breathing without placement of an artificial airway such as an endotracheal tube or tracheostomy. During the first half of 20th century, negative-pressure…

Tags: 2007, Barreiro Timothy J, Chronic Obstructive/*therapy, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure/methods, Critical care clinics, Critical Care/*methods, Department of Internal Medicine, Gemmel David J, Heart Failure/*therapy, Humans, NEOMED College of Medicine, Positive-Pressure Respiration/adverse effects/*methods/trends, Pulmonary Disease, Pulmonary Gas Exchange/physiology, Terminal Care, Ventilator Weaning/*methods

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