The 2019-2020 coronavirus pandemic elucidated how a single highly infectious virus can
overburden health care systems of even highly economically developed nations. A leading …

Background. To the best of our knowledge, no studies have evaluated the effects of
inspiratory muscle training (IMT) on recovered COVID-19 patients after weaning from …

Objective This study aimed to investigate the effects of different types and frequencies of
physiotherapy on ventilator weaning among patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) and to …

Introduction Most patients are readily liberated from mechanical ventilation (MV) support,
however, 10%-15% of patients experience failure to wean (FTW). FTW patients account for …

Die außerklinische Beatmung über einen invasiven oder nichtinvasiven Beatmungszugang
ist mittlerweile etablierter Standard. Entsprechend wurde bereits im Jahr 2010 unter der …

Objectives There is growing interest in the use of quantitative high‐resolution
neuromuscular sonography to evaluate skeletal muscles in patients with critical illness …

Mechanical ventilation (MV) results in the rapid development of ventilator-induced
diaphragm dysfunction (VIDD). While the mechanisms responsible for VIDD are not fully …

Objective: We propose a novel paradigm to predict acute attacks and exacerbations in
chronic episodic disorders such as asthma, cardiac arrhythmias, migraine, epilepsy, and …

Background and objective Non invasive ventilation (NIV) is currently employed for weaning
from invasive ventilation (IMV) in the acute setting but its use for weaning from prolonged …

Background Several studies have assessed predictors of weaning and extubation outcome
in short-term mechanically ventilated patients, but there are only few studies on predictors of …