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Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Ventilator-induced lung injury is the acute lung injury inflicted or aggravated by mechanical ventilation during treatment and has the potential to cause significant morbidity and mortality. The potential morbidity and the mortality impact of ventilator-induced lung injury are increasingly recognized across the world. However, accurate data on the incidence and prevalence of this condition is
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Diving Disorders – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Diving disorders are medical conditions specifically arising from underwater diving. The signs and symptoms of these may present during a dive, on the surfacing, or up to several hours after a dive. Divers have to breathe a gas that is at the same pressure as their surroundings (ambient pressure), which can be much greater than on the surface. The ambient pressure underwater increases
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Barotrauma – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Barotrauma is a potentially life-threatening complication in patients on mechanical ventilation. It is important to recognize and quickly act to prevent barotrauma for prolonged periods as this may lead to significant morbidity and mortality in patients intubated in the intensive care unit. This activity will highlight how to recognize, diagnose, prevent, and manage barotrauma in
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Pulmonary Barotrauma – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Pulmonary barotrauma is a potentially life-threatening complication in patients on mechanical ventilation. It is important to recognize and quickly act to prevent barotrauma for prolonged periods as this may lead to significant morbidity and mortality in patients intubated in the intensive care unit. This activity will highlight how to recognize, diagnose, prevent, and manage barotrauma
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Lung Ventilation – Indications, Contraindications
Lung Ventilation involves ventilating one lung and letting the other collapse for providing surgical exposure in the thoracic cavity or isolating ventilation to one lung. The protective role of the single lung ventilation involves protecting one lung from the ill effects of fluid from the other lung – which may be blood, lavage fluid, malignant
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Invasive Mechanical Ventilation – Indications, Contraindications
Invasive mechanical ventilation is an intervention that is frequently used in acutely ill patients requiring either respiratory support or airway protection. The ventilator allows gas exchange to be maintained while other treatments are given to improve the clinical condition. This activity reviews the indications, contraindications, management and possible complications of invasive mechanical ventilation and highlights
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Pulmonary Ventilation and Its Effects, Mechanism
Pulmonary ventilation is commonly referred to as breathing. It is the process of air flowing into the lungs during inspiration (inhalation) and out of the lungs during expiration (exhalation). Air flows because of pressure differences between the atmosphere and the gases inside the lungs. Pulmonary Ventilation Pressure Relationships Inspiration (or inhalation) and expiration (or exhalation) are
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Mechanics of Breathing – Anatomy, Types, Structure
Mechanics of Breathing/The processes of inspiration (breathing in) and expiration (breathing out) are vital for providing oxygen to tissues and removing carbon dioxide from the body. Inspiration occurs via active contraction of muscles – such as the diaphragm – whereas expiration tends to be passive unless it is forced. The Lungs and Breathing The space between the outer
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How To Do Breathing Exercise – Types and Health Benefits
How To Do Breathing Exercise/Like the beating of your heart, your respiratory system doesn’t need monitoring to continue on — every second, of every minute, of every hour, of every day. Breathing Exercise: For Health, Happiness & Longevity Like the beating of your heart, your respiratory system doesn’t need monitoring to continue on — every second,
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Control Blood Sugar – Super Food Items That May Help
Control Blood Sugar/When your blood sugar levels are higher than normal, carbohydrates such as cereals, pasta, fruits, milk, dessert and bread are usually responsible. When one is diabetic, a meal plan is very important because it guides you on what kind of foods to eat. It should be good enough to fit in your eating
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5 Exercises To Increase Penis Size
5 Exercises To Increase Penis Size/ Most men have the ego that the bigger your penis is, the better your sex life would be. The truth is most women like their partners to have a longer and thicker penis. So how do you increase penis size? Penis stretching is the process of using hands or
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Breathing Exercise and Techniques for Stress Relief
Breathing Exercise and Techniques for Stress Relief/Breathing is a necessity of life that usually occurs without much thought. When you breathe in air, blood cells receive oxygen and release carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is a waste product that’s carried back through your body and exhaled. breathing also goes by the names of diaphragmatic breathing, abdominal
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