Trans-thoracic echo evaluation before and during noninvasive ventilation

Autor: C Centonze, Luigi Vetrugno, M. Rojatti, G. Della Rocca, Nicola Langiano, Maria Gabriella Costa
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Critical Care
ISSN: 1466-609X
1364-8535
Popis: Over the last decade noninvasive ventilation (NIV) gained the dignity of first-line intervention for acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in the ICU. Its great interest is based on a lower complications rate compared with traditional invasive ventilation. However, the NIV application, although less invasive, cannot ignore its hemodynamic effect over the patient. This study evaluates the NIV effects on the left ventricle in terms of systolic and diastolic function through trans-thoracic echocardiography (TTE). We also try to obtain a preload value index equivalent of flow time corrected (FTc).
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