Caring for patients on mechanical ventilation

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 50-61

  Lindgren, Vicki A ^a   Ames, Nancy J ^b  

^a INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSING; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OVERNUTRITION; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH PARESIS; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATOR; WEANING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 18644385018     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000446-200505000-00029     Document Type: Review

References (60)

1. MacIntyre NR, et al. Evidence-based guidelines for weaning and discontinuing ventilatory support: a collective task force facilitated by the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Association for Respiratory Care, and the American College of Critical Care Medicine. Chest 2001;120(6 Suppl):375S-95S.
2. Yang KL, Tobin MJ. A prospective study of indexes predicting the outcome of trials of weaning from mechanical ventilation. N Engl J Med 1991;324(21):1445-50.
3. Burns SM, et al. Comparison of five clinical weaning indices. Am J Crit Care 1994;3(5):342-52.
4. Offner PJ, Moore EE. Lung injury severity scoring in the era of lung protective mechanical ventilation: the PaO2-FiO2 ratio. J Trauma 2003;55(2):285-9.
5. Esteban A, et al. A comparison of four methods of weaning patients from mechanical ventilation. Spanish Lung Failure Collaborative Group. N Engl J Med 1995;332(6):345-50.
6. Ely EW, et al. Effect on the duration of mechanical ventilation of identifying patients capable of breathing spontaneously. N Engl J Med 1996;335(25):1864-9.
7. Henneman E, et al. Effect of a collaborative weaning plan on patient outcome in the critical care setting. Crit Care Med 2001;29(2):297-303.
8. Grap MJ, et al. Collaborative practice: development, implementation, and evaluation of a weaning protocol for patients receiving mechanical ventilation. Am J Crit Care 2003;12(5):454-60.
9. Powers J, Bennett SJ. Measurement of dyspnea in patients treated with mechanical ventilation. Am J Crit Care 1999;8(4):254-61.
10. Pierce LNB. Weaning from mechanical ventilation. In: Guide to mechanical ventilation and intensive respiratory care. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 1995. p. 288-311.
11. Pannunzio TG. Aspiration of oral feedings in patients with tracheostomies. AACN Clin Issues 1996;7(4):560-9.
12. Mathews PJ, Mathews LM. Reducing the risks of ventilator-associated infections. Dimens Crit Care Nurs 2000;19(1):17-21.
13. Drakulovic MB, et al. Supine body position as a risk factor for nosocomial pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients: a randomised trial. Lancet 1999; 354(9193):1851-8.
14. Munro CL, Grap MJ. Oral health and care in the intensive care unit: state of the science. Am J Crit Care 2004;13(1): 25-33; discussion 34.
15. Grap MJ, et al. Oral care interventions in critical care: frequency and documentation. Am J Crit Care 2003;12(2): 113-8; discussion 119.
16. Grap MJ, et al. Duration of action of a single, early oral application of chlorhexidine on oral microbial flora in mechanically ventilated patients: a pilot study. Heart Lung 2004;33(2):83-91.
17. Houston S, et al. Effectiveness of 0.12% chlorhexidine gluconate oral rinse in reducing prevalence of nosocomial pneumonia in patients undergoing heart surgery. Am J Crit Care 2002;11(6):567-70.
18. Kollef MH. The prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia. N Engl J Med 1999;340(8):627-34.
19. Arbour R. Sedation and pain management in critically ill adults. Crit Care Nurse 2000;20(5):39-56; quiz 57-8.
20. Jacobi J, et al. Clinical practice guidelines for the sustained use of sedatives and analgesics in the critically ill adult. Crit Care Med 2002;30(1):119-41.
21. Swart EL, et al. Continuous infusion of lorazepam versus medazolam in patients in the intensive care unit: sedation with lorazepam is easier to manage and is more cost-effective. Crit Care Med 1999;27(8):1461-5.
22. Marik PE. Propofol: therapeutic indications and side-effects. Curr Pharm Des 2004;10(29):3639-49.
23. Kollef MH, et al. The use of continuous IV sedation is associated with prolongation of mechanical ventilation. Chest 1998;114(2):541-8.
24. Kress JP, et al. Daily interruption of sedative infusions in critically ill patients undergoing mechanical ventilation. N Engl J Med 2000;342(20):1471-7.
25. White JM. State of the science of music interventions: critical care and perioperative practice. Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am 2000;12(2):219-25.
26. Chlan L. Effectiveness of a music therapy intervention on relaxation and anxiety for patients receiving ventilatory assistance. Heart Lung 1998;27(3):169-76.
27. Happ MB, et al. Communication ability, method, and content among nonspeaking nonsurviving patients treated with mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit. Am J Crit Care 2004;13(3):210-8; quiz 219-20.
28. Ely EW, et al. Monitoring sedation status over time in ICU patients: reliability and validity of the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS). JAMA 2003;289(22):2983-91.
29. Parrish CR, McCray SF. Nutrition support for the mechanically ventilated patient. Crit Care Nurse 1999;19(1):91-4.
30. Barr J, et al. Outcomes in critically ill patients before and after the implementation of an evidence-based nutritional management protocol. Chest 2004;125(4):1446-57.
31. Romand JA, Suter PM. Enteral nutrition: the right stuff at the right time in the right place. Crit Care Med 2000;28(7): 2671-2.
32. McClave SA, et al. Enteral tube feeding in the intensive care unit: factors impeding adequate delivery. Crit Care Med 1999;27(7):1252-6.
33. Krishnan JA, et al. Caloric intake in medical ICU patients: consistency of care with guidelines and relationship to clinical outcomes. Chest 2003;124(1):297-305.
34. Trujillo EB, et al. Nutritional assessment in the critically ill. Crit Care Nurse 1999;19(1):67-78.
35. McClave SA, et al. Are patients fed appropriately according to their caloric requirements? J Parenter Enteral Nutr 1998; 22(6):375-81.
36. Zaloga GP, Marik P. Promotility agents in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med 2000;28(7):2657-9.
37. Flancbaum L, et al. Comparison of indirect calorimetry, the Fick method, and prediction equations in estimating the energy requirements of critically ill patients. Am J Clin Nutr 1999;69(3):461-6.
38. McClave SA, Snider HL. Clinical use of gastric residual volumes as a monitor for patients on enteral tube feeding. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2002;26(6 Suppl):S43-8; discussion S49-50.
39. Heyland DK, et al. Validation of the Canadian clinical practice guidelines for nutrition support in mechanically ventilated, critically ill adult patients: results of a prospective observational study. Crit Care Med 2004;32(11):2260-6.
40. Swanson RW, Winkelman C. Special feature: exploring the benefits and myths of enteral feeding in the critically ill. Crit Care Nurs Q 2002;24(4):67-74.
41. Lord LM. Enteral access devices. Nurs Clin North Am 1997;32(4):685-704.
42. Make BJ, et al. Mechanical ventilation beyond the intensive care unit: report of a consensus conference of the American College of Chest Physicians. Chest 1998;113(5 Suppl): 289S-344S.
43. Rumbak MJ, et al. A prospective, randomized study comparing early percutaneous dilational tracheotomy to prolonged translaryngeal intubation (delayed tracheotomy) in critically ill medical patients. Crit Care Med 2004;32(8): 1689-94.
44. Bouderka MA, et al. Early tracheostomy versus prolonged endotracheal intubation in severe head injury. J Trauma 2004;57(2):251-4.
45. Conlan AA, Kopec SE. Tracheostomy in the ICU: a review. J Intensive Care Med 2000;15(1):1-13.
46. Heffner JE, Hess D. Tracheostomy management in the chronically ventilated patient. Clin Chest Med 2001;22(1): 55-69.
47. Higgins DM, Maclean JC. Dysphagia in the patient with a tracheostomy: six cases of inappropriate cuff deflation or removal. Heart Lung 1997;26(3):215-20.
48. Peruzzi WT, et al. Assessment of aspiration in patients with tracheostomies: comparison of the bedside colored dye assessment with videofluoroscopic examination. Respir Care 2001;46(3):243-7.
49. Mari F, et al. Predictive value of clinical indices in detecting aspiration in patients with neurological disorders. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1997;63(4):456-60.
50. Series F, et al. Effects of sleep deprivation and sleep fragmentation on upper airway collapsibility in normal subjects. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994;150(2):481-5.
51. Akerstedt T, Nilsson PM. Sleep as restitution: an introduction. J Intern Med 2003;254(1):6-12.
52. Cooper AB, et al. Sleep in critically ill patients requiring mechanical ventilation. Chest 2000;117(3):809-18.
53. Maquet P. Functional neuroimaging of normal human sleep by positron emission tomography. J Sleep Res 2000;9(3): 207-31.
54. Freedman NS, et al. Abnormal sleep/wake cycles and the effect of environmental noise on sleep disruption in the intensive care unit. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001; 163(2):451-7.
55. Olson DM, et al. Quiet time: a nursing intervention to promote sleep in neurocritical care units. Am J Crit Care 2001;10(2):74-8.
56. Tamburri LM, et al. Nocturnal care interactions with patients in critical care units. Am J Crit Care 2004;13(2): 102-12; quiz 114-5.
57. Dines-Kalinowski CM. Nature's nurse: promoting sleep in the ICU. Dimens Crit Care Nurs 2002;21(1):32-4.
58. Richards KC. Effect of a back massage and relaxation intervention on sleep in critically ill patients. Am J Crit Care 1998;7(4):288-99.
59. Bourne RS, Mills GH. Sleep disruption in critically ill patients - pharmacological considerations. Anaesthesia 2004;59(4):374-84.
60. Shilo L, et al. Effect of melatonin on sleep quality of COPD intensive care patients: a pilot study. Chronobiol Int 2000; 17(1):71-6.