In view of the tragic fire at a nightclub in the city of Santa Maria, Brazil, which culminated in the sudden death of 232 young people, we decided to review the literature regarding smoke inhalation injury caused by enclosed-space fires, which can be divided into direct thermal damage, carbon monoxide poisoning, and cyanide poisoning. Such injuries often call for immediate orotracheal intubation, either due to acute airway obstruction or due to a reduced level of consciousness. The diagnosis and the severity of the thermal injury can be determined by fiberoptic bronchoscopy. The levels of gases and gas by-products in the bloodstream should be assessed as rapidly as possible, even while still at the scene of the incident. First responders can also treat carbon monoxide poisoning, with immediate administration of oxygen at 100%, as well as cyanide poisoning, with oxygen therapy and hydroxocobalamin injection
ObjectiveWe aimed to investigate a potential association between B-lines and weaning failure.MethodsFifty-seven subjects eligible for ventilation liberation were enrolled. Patients with tracheostomy were excluded. Lung ultrasound assessments of six thoracic zones were performed immediately before and at the exnd of the spontaneous breathing trial. B-predominance was defined as any profile with anterior bilateral B-pattern. Patients were followed up to 48 hours after extubation.ResultsThirty-eight individuals were successfully extubated; 11 failed the spontaneous breathing trial and 8 needed reintubation within 48 hours of extubation. At the beginning of the T-piece trial, B-pattern or consolidation was already found at the lower and posterior lung regions in more than half of the individuals and remained non-aerated at the end of the trial. A trend toward loss of lung aeration during spontaneous breathing trials was observed only in the spontaneous breathing trial-failure group (p = 0.07), and there was higher B-predominance at the end of the trial (p = 0.01).ConclusionA loss of lung aeration during the spontaneous breathing trial in non-dependent lung zones was demonstrated in subjects who failed to wean.
The authors report the case of an immunocompetent man who presented with acute impairment of the neurological system, hypertensive crisis and renal failure. The patient was eventually diagnosed with Rhodotorula mucilaginosa meningitis and infective endocarditis. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first description of simultaneous infection of the meninges and endothelium caused by Rhodotorula in a non-immunocompromised patient.
BACKGROUND: Both premature and delayed liberation from mechanical ventilation are associated with increased morbidity and mortality, and fluid balance could negatively influence extubation outcomes. We sought to determine the impact of fluid balance in the 48 h before a spontaneous breathing trial (SBT) on weaning outcomes in a mixed ICU population. METHODS: This was a prospective observational study in 2 adult medical-surgical ICUs. All enrolled subjects met eligibility criteria for weaning from mechanical ventilation. SBT failure was defined as inability to tolerate a T-piece trial for 30 -120 min. Data on demographics, physiology, fluid balance in the 48 h preceding SBT (fluid input minus output over the 48-h period), lung ultrasound findings, and outcomes were collected. RESULTS: Of a total of 250 SBTs, SBT failure eventuated in 51 (20.4%). Twenty-nine subjects (11.6%) had COPD, and 40 subjects (16%) were intubated due to respiratory sepsis. One-hundred eighty-nine subjects (75.6%) were extubated on the first attempt. Compared with subjects with SBT success, SBT failure subjects were younger (median of 66 vs 75 y, P ؍ .001) and had a higher duration of mechanical ventilation (median of 7 vs 4 d, P < .001) and a higher prevalence of COPD (19.6 vs 9.5%, P ؍ .04). There were no statistically significant differences in
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