Publications by authors named "Jose Garcia Urrutia"
Article Synopsis
- A study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the awake-prone position for patients with COVID-19-related acute respiratory failure requiring high-flow nasal oxygen in Argentina.
- The study included 728 patients across two waves of the pandemic, comparing outcomes like endotracheal intubation and in-hospital mortality between those in the awake-prone position and those in a non-prone position.
- Results showed that the awake-prone position significantly reduced the risk of both endotracheal intubation and in-hospital mortality, with consistent benefits observed across different waves of the pandemic.
Objective: To compare the diagnostic performance of maximal expiratory pressure with maximal expiratory pressure during induced cough for predicting extubation failure within 72 hours in patients who completed a spontaneous breathing trial (SBT).
Methods: The study was conducted between October 2018 and September 2019. All patients aged over 18 years admitted to the intensive care unit who required invasive mechanical ventilation for over 48 hours and successfully completed a spontaneous breathing trial were included.
Introduction: The use of high-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) is a simple method that can reduce intubation in patients with hypoxemic acute respiratory failure (ARF). Early and prolonged prone position has demonstrated benefits on mortality in mechanically ventilated patients and on intubation in awake patients with ARF. However, strategies to achieve adherence to awake prone positioning (APP) have not been previously described.
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