Critical Care News

In the U.K., the proportion of ICU patients with sepsis who died in a hospital was smaller in 2017 to 2019 vs. 1988 to 1990, according to results published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Children with critical asthma in higher vs. lower volume institutions had a greater likelihood of receiving noninvasive positive pressure ventilation and CPAP, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome faced an accelerated and heightened risk for 90-day mortality between ages 11 and 65, according to results published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

There was no difference in an 8-hour restrictive vs. an 8-hour liberal early oxygen strategy given to adult trauma patients when evaluating death and/or major respiratory complications by day 30, according to results published in JAMA.

When assessing intubation/death at 7 days in hospitalized adults with acute respiratory failure, high-flow nasal oxygen was generally noninferior to noninvasive ventilation, according to results published in JAMA.

The FDA has granted premarket approval to the AeroPace System, which helps mechanically ventilated adults of at least 96 hours wean off ventilation through temporary diaphragm activation, according to a company press release.

BOSTON — Decisions about pediatric noninvasive ventilation need to align with the child’s and family’s goals at all stages of the child’s life and at the end of it as well, according to a presentation at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Five years after lung transplantation, adults bridged to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation while waiting for their transplant had “favorable survival,” according to results published in Respiratory Research.

Mechanically ventilated patients requiring surgery faced elevated odds for 28-day mortality when mechanical power, or ventilation intensity, rose during the transition from operating room to ICU, according to study results.