Cardiovascular criteria for epidural test dosing in sevoflurane- and halothane-anesthetized children.

Unlabelled: This study was designed to determine the detectability of a simulated IV test dose in children during administration of general anesthesia by using heart rate (HR), systolic blood pressure (SBP), and T wave criterion. Forty-two children (0.5-8 yr old) received an IV injection containing epinephrine 0.

Controlled airway pressure therapy, nitric oxide inhalation, prone position, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as components of an integrated approach to ARDS.

Background: Recent years have seen the introduction of innovative additive therapies for acute respiratory distress syndrome. However, because there are no reliable predictors of response to a particular therapy, potential responders to a specific therapeutic intervention may be lost. Therefore, the authors evaluated the effect of a combined therapeutic approach on the survival of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, when treated according to a strict algorithm.

Additive effect of nitric oxide inhalation on the oxygenation benefit of the prone position in the adult respiratory distress syndrome.

Background: The response to inhaled nitric oxide and prone positioning was investigated in 47 patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome to test the hypothesis that inhalation of nitric oxide when in the prone position would result in additive improvement in oxygenation.

Methods: The authors prospectively studied patients of both genders who were 15 to 75 yr old and had adult respiratory distress syndrome confirmed by computed tomography (lung injury score, 3.1+/-1).

Addition of nitric oxide to oxygen improves cardiopulmonary function in patients with severe COPD.

Study Objective: To assess the effect of nitric oxide inhalation on pulmonary hemodynamics and oxygenation in patients with COPD receiving long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT).

Design: Prospective study.

Setting: ICU of a university medical center.