The French national action plan: 'Stroke 2010-2014' results from years of increasing concern related to stroke, initially carried by stoke physicians and progressively shared by all other health professionals and more recently by administration and politicians. Its aim is the development not only of stroke care networks, but also of prevention and health education. Its success will mainly depend on the reactivity of the regional health agencies; therefore it is important to maintain political momentum and pressure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To compare continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and proportional assist ventilation (PAV) as modes of noninvasive ventilatory support in patients with severe cardiogenic pulmonary edema.
Design And Setting: A prospective multicenter randomized study in the medical ICUs of three teaching hospitals.
Patients: Thirty-six adult patients with cardiogenic pulmonary edema (CPA) with unresolving dyspnea, respiratory rate above 30/min and/or SpO2 above 90% with O2 higher than 10 l/min despite conventional therapy with furosemide and nitrates.