Publications by authors named "Bruno Rocha de Macedo"
In this scientific report, we aimed to describe the implementation and expansion of a Tele-Intensive Care Unit (Tele-ICU) program in Brazil, highlighting the pillars of success, improvements, and perspectives. Tele-ICU program emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic at the Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), focusing on clinical case discussions and training of health practitioners in public hospitals of the state of São Paulo in Brazil, to support health care professionals for treating COVID-19 patients. The success of implementing this initiative endorsed the project expansion to other five hospitals from different macroregions of the country, leading to the Tele-ICU-Brazil.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: Poor sleep is a frequent occurrence in the critical illness. Evaluate sleep quality and test the effect of a multi-intervention sleep care protocol in improving sleep quality in a coronary care unit (CCU).
Methods And Results: Quasi-experimental study, carried out in two phases.
Objective: To describe the implementation of a Tele-ICU program during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to describe and analyze the results of the first four months of operation of the program.
Methods: This was a descriptive observational study of the implementation of a Tele-ICU program, followed by a retrospective analysis of clinical data of patients with COVID-19 admitted to ICUs between April and July of 2020.
Results: The Tele-ICU program was implemented over a four-week period and proved to be feasible during the pandemic.
Objectives: We designed a cohort study to describe characteristics and outcomes of patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) in the largest public hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil, as Latin America becomes the epicenter of the pandemic.
Methods: This is the protocol for a study being conducted at an academic hospital in Brazil with 300 adult ICU beds dedicated to COVID-19 patients. We will include adult patients admitted to the ICU with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 during the study period.
Background: Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) reduces intubation and mortality in patients with COPD exacerbation who present with respiratory failure, and the type of mask may affect its success. Our objective was to compare the performance of 3 different NIV masks in a lung model.
Methods: We set the lung simulator mechanics and respiratory rate, and tested a small oronasal mask, a total face mask, and a large oronasal mask.