Effectiveness of early high-flow nasal oxygen therapy after extubation of patients in the intensive care unit.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of early high-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) therapy initiation using a pre-determined respiratory rate‑oxygenation (ROX) index on reducing reintubation rates and duration of intensive care unit (ICU) stay in post-extubated patients.

Materials And Methods: We enrolled a total of 145 extubated patients (mean age: 67.1 ± 12.

Evaluating the one-time chair stand test for predicting the coronavirus disease severity in patients during hospital admission: a cohort study in Japan.

Background: This study aimed to understand whether the one-time chair stand test (CS-1) is useful for predicting the severity of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in 101 patients admitted to the hospital with acute respiratory failure.

Methods: This single-centered, prospective observational cohort study enrolled 101 critically ill adult patients hospitalized with COVID-19 who underwent the CS-1 as a dynamic evaluation tool in clinical practice between late April 2020 and October 2021. Data on demographic characteristics, symptoms, laboratory values, computed tomography findings, and clinical course after admission were collected.

Relative bradycardia in patients with moderate-to-severe COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study.

Coronavirus-related disease (COVID-19) can result in relative bradycardia; however, there are no reports on relative bradycardia in patients with moderate-to-severe COVID-19 who require oxygen. We retrospectively investigated 45 patients with moderate-to-severe COVID-19 and examined the relationship between heart rate and body temperature at the time of initiating oxygen or mechanical ventilation. For three consecutive days after initiating oxygen therapy, body temperature (day's highest temperature), heart rate, and other vital signs were measured simultaneously.

[Passive Orthostatism Using Tilt Table in Critical Patients after Cardiovascular Surgery].

Previously, we performed passive orthostatism using a tilt table for the purpose of early mobilization in intensive care unit patients after cardiovascular surgery. In this study, we introduced VitalGo Total Lift Bed( TLB), which does not require patient-transfer before passive orthostatism, to reduce the burden on patients and medical staff. No obvious adverse events were found throughout the study.

[Passive Orthostatism Using a Tilt Table in Patients with Impaired Oxygenation after Cardiovascular Surgery].

Passive orthostatism using a tilt table was introduced in patients with impaired oxygenation [Pao2/Fio(2 P/F) ratio < 300] after cardiovascular surgery. Our passive orthostatism protocol was as follows. Patient was transferred to a tilt table under endotracheal intubation with pulmonary artery catheter monitoring, and rested for 10 minutes in a supine position, followed by 45-degree tilt for 5 minutes, and then passive orthostatism at 60-degree for 25 minutes.

[Thoracentesis under Standing with Assistance of a Tilt Table in Critical Patients after Cardiovascular Surgery].

For safe and effective drainage in patients with pleural effusion after cardiac surgery, ultrasound-guided thoracocentesis was carried out under standing with assistance of a tilt table. Thoracocentesis was performed in 5( 11%) of the 44 patients who were treated under passive orthostatism using a tilt table. Four cases were under intubated-ventilator assist, and 2 cases were under intraaortic balloon pumping( IABP).