Publications by authors named "Yasuyo Yoshino"
Objectives: Mental health problems after discharge from the intensive care unit (ICU) interfere with physical recovery and seriously affect daily life. Social support has been suggested to be associated with mental health but has not been sufficiently characterised. This study aimed to evaluate the association of social support before ICU admission with mental health after ICU discharge.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOral care for critically ill patients helps provide comfort and prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia. However, a standardized protocol for oral care in intensive care units is currently unavailable. Thus, this study aimed to determine the overall oral care practices, including those for intubated patients, in Japanese intensive care units.
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- Post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) involves physical, mental, and cognitive impairments in ICU patients that can persist long after their hospital stay and also affects their families.* -
- Recent research has expanded knowledge about PICS, focusing on its causes, prevalence, assessment methods, risk factors, and potential prevention and treatment strategies.* -
- Continued research is essential to understand the underlying mechanisms of PICS and to develop effective therapies and interventions for those affected.*
Aim: To determine the relationship between the delirium of patients with mechanical ventilation during intensive care unit (ICU) stay and delusional memory after ICU discharge.
Design: Prospective cohort study.
Methods: Delirium in adult patients who received mechanical ventilation for more than 24 hr was assessed twice daily using the Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU.
Background: Manual rib cage compression is a chest physiotherapy technique routinely used in clinical practice. However, scientific evidence remains scarce on the effects of manual rib cage compression on airway clearance and oxygenation in mechanically ventilated patients.
Methods: Anesthetized pigs were intubated via the trachea and mechanically ventilated.
Background: Previous studies have shown a relationship between delirium and depressive symptoms after cardiac surgery with distress personalities linking to negative surgical outcomes. The aim of the present study is to further investigate the association between patients with Type D (distressed) personality with regards to delirium after cardiac surgery.
Methods: We conducted a consecutive-sample observational cohort pilot study with an estimated 142 patients needed.