Publications by authors named "Maria-Eirini Papadonta"
Article Synopsis
- Patients with tracheostomy and difficulty weaning from mechanical ventilation were studied to understand the role of ultrasound in assessing diaphragmatic function.
- The study involved 20 patients and measured factors like diaphragmatic movement and pressure using different techniques during spontaneous breathing trials.
- Results showed that significant differences in diaphragmatic movement were linked to successful weaning, suggesting that ultrasound evaluation could assist in predicting weaning outcomes in critically ill patients.
Positive End-Expiratory Pressure Deescalation in COVID-19-induced Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Unloads the Right Ventricle, Improving Hemodynamics and Oxygenation.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
July 2023
Background: The pandemic crisis created conditions of insecurity and threat and brought about changes in social contacts and everyday life. Frontline healthcare workers (HCW) were mostly affected. We aimed to evaluate the quality of life and negative emotions in COVID-19 HCW and searched for factors influencing the above.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) accounts for a quarter of mechanically ventilated patients, while during the pandemic, it overwhelmed the capacity of intensive care units (ICUs). Lung protective ventilation (low tidal volume, positive-end expiratory pressure titrated to lung mechanics and oxygenation, permissive hypercapnia) is a non-pharmacological approach that is the gold standard of management. Among the pharmacological treatments, the use of neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs), although extensively studied, has not yet been well clarified.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: Postresuscitation hemodynamics are associated with hospital mortality/functional outcome. We sought to determine whether low-dose steroids started during and continued after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) affect postresuscitation hemodynamics and other physiological variables in vasopressor-requiring, in-hospital cardiac arrest.
Methods: We conducted a two-center, randomized, double-blind trial of patients with adrenaline (epinephrine)-requiring cardiac arrest.
Ceftazidime-Avibactam To Treat Life-Threatening Infections by Carbapenem-Resistant Pathogens in Critically Ill Mechanically Ventilated Patients.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
February 2020
Data on the effectiveness of ceftazidime-avibactam (CAZ-AVI) in critically ill, mechanically ventilated patients are limited. The present retrospective observational cohort study, which was conducted in two general intensive care units (ICUs) in central Greece, compared critically ill, mechanically ventilated patients suffering from carbapenem-resistant (CRE) infections receiving CAZ-AVI to patients who received appropriate available antibiotic therapy. Clinical and microbiological outcomes and safety issues were evaluated.
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