2017
A Quantitative Pilot Study on Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD)
Zellweger A, Eckert P, Karam O, Cedraschi C, Moretti D, Majmou H, Carre D, Ludwig V, Gasche Y. A Quantitative Pilot Study on Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD). Transplantation 2017, 101: s21. DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000525002.75001.e9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntensive care unitLausanne University HospitalDCD programUniversity HospitalICU caregiversAdult intensive care unitsOrgan donationPilot studyDepartment of AnaesthesiologyGeneva University HospitalsBrain death criteriaTherapy withdrawalPalliative treatmentCardiac deathCare unitICU nursesPatient deathDCD proceduresICU personnelLife careLife-support decisionsICU professionalsQuantitative pilot studyOrgan shortageCare assistants
2013
Optimizing Patient-Ventilator Synchrony During Invasive Ventilator Assist in Children and Infants Remains a Difficult Task*
Vignaux L, Grazioli S, Piquilloud L, Bochaton N, Karam O, Jaecklin T, Levy-Jamet Y, Tourneux P, Jolliet P, Rimensberger PC. Optimizing Patient-Ventilator Synchrony During Invasive Ventilator Assist in Children and Infants Remains a Difficult Task*. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2013, 14: e316-e325. PMID: 23842584, DOI: 10.1097/pcc.0b013e31828a8606.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAsynchrony eventsVentilatory assistExpiratory triggerInspiratory timeAsynchrony indexNeonatal intensive care unitIntensive care unitPressure support modePatient-ventilator synchronyPressure supportMedian asynchrony indexCare unitCrossover studyMechanical ventilationVentilated childrenVentilator assistUniversity HospitalPremature cyclingClinical impactRandom orderVentilation periodIneffective effortsFurther studiesChildrenSupport mode