Background: Ventilation encompasses both active and passive processes. Air is initially drawn into the lungs due to a negative intrathoracic pressure created using the respiratory muscles, most importantly the diaphragm. In contrast, expiration is the passive relaxation of the respiratory muscles. Oxygenation occurs when oxygen diffuses across the alveolar-capillary membrane. The ability to oxygenate without ventilation has been termed apneic diffusion oxygenation or apneic oxygenation. We believe it is crucial to keep alveoli open in order for adequate oxygenation to occur. This can be achieved with the aid of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP). We investigated this concept in patients who are brain-dead because they cannot ventilate....
Objective: Apnea test is required as part of the brain death examination. The duration of the apnea ...
Introduction: In emergency medicine and pre-hospital care, frequently applied oxygenation techniques...
PURPOSE: The efficacy of noninvasive continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to improve outcomes ...
Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of an apnea test (AT) technique that combines the ...
The diagnosis of brain death is a complex process. Strong knowledge of neurophysiology and an unders...
INTRODUCTION: Conventional apnea testing in patients with severe hypoxemia or hemodynamic instabilit...
The concept of brain death (BD) was initially described in 1959 and subsequently became widely accep...
ABSTRACT We report the case of a patient in whom brain death was suspected and associated with atele...
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is being increasingly used to provide support in patients...
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) is a well-established method of support in patients with ...
The apnea test (AT) is considered as the ‘condition sinequa non’ by most of the intesivists for dete...
Background: Brain death is the absence of all cortical functions, including the brainstem. The apnea...
The apneic-oxygenation test is an integral part of clinical testing to determine brain death. The me...
Apneic oxygenation is an apnea testing method in the diagnosis of brain death. In this method, oxyge...
BACKGROUND: The apnea test is used to determine the absence of respiratory drive when determining br...
Objective: Apnea test is required as part of the brain death examination. The duration of the apnea ...
Introduction: In emergency medicine and pre-hospital care, frequently applied oxygenation techniques...
PURPOSE: The efficacy of noninvasive continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to improve outcomes ...
Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of an apnea test (AT) technique that combines the ...
The diagnosis of brain death is a complex process. Strong knowledge of neurophysiology and an unders...
INTRODUCTION: Conventional apnea testing in patients with severe hypoxemia or hemodynamic instabilit...
The concept of brain death (BD) was initially described in 1959 and subsequently became widely accep...
ABSTRACT We report the case of a patient in whom brain death was suspected and associated with atele...
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is being increasingly used to provide support in patients...
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) is a well-established method of support in patients with ...
The apnea test (AT) is considered as the ‘condition sinequa non’ by most of the intesivists for dete...
Background: Brain death is the absence of all cortical functions, including the brainstem. The apnea...
The apneic-oxygenation test is an integral part of clinical testing to determine brain death. The me...
Apneic oxygenation is an apnea testing method in the diagnosis of brain death. In this method, oxyge...
BACKGROUND: The apnea test is used to determine the absence of respiratory drive when determining br...
Objective: Apnea test is required as part of the brain death examination. The duration of the apnea ...
Introduction: In emergency medicine and pre-hospital care, frequently applied oxygenation techniques...
PURPOSE: The efficacy of noninvasive continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to improve outcomes ...