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AbstractObjective: To determine the tracheostomy tube-related additional work of breathing (WOBadd) in critically ill patients and to show its reduction by different ventilatory modes. Design: Prospective, clinical study. Setting: Medical ICU of a university teaching hospital. Intervention: Standard tracheostomy due to prolonged respiratory failure. Measurements and results: Ten tracheostomized, spontaneously...
In ICU patients, a significant correlation is found between the depth of midazolam-induced sedation as assessed by the Ramsay sedation score and RR variability, with a clinically sufficient prediction accuracy. RR variability can serve as an objective, continuously available, and non-invasive measurement to monitor midazolam-induced sedation in intubated and mechanically ventilated patients.
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