2008
The effect of an intensive care unit staffing model on tidal volume in patients with acute lung injury
Cooke CR, Watkins TR, Kahn JM, Treggiari MM, Caldwell E, Hudson LD, Rubenfeld GD. The effect of an intensive care unit staffing model on tidal volume in patients with acute lung injury. Critical Care 2008, 12: r134. PMID: 18980682, PMCID: PMC2646342, DOI: 10.1186/cc7105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClosed intensive care unitAcute lung injuryIntensive care unitLung injuryCare unitTidal volumeProspective population-based cohortLow VTOpen intensive care unitIntensivist physician staffingPopulation-based cohortProcess of careHospital mortalityVentilatory practicesImproved mortalityIntensive carePhysician staffingPatient outcomesMean VTPatientsDay threeSecondary analysisPotential patientsHigh VTKing County
2002
Air cysts and bronchiectasis prevail in nondependent areas in severe acute respiratory distress syndrome: A computed tomographic study of ventilator-associated changes
Treggiari MM, Romand JA, Martin JB, Suter PM. Air cysts and bronchiectasis prevail in nondependent areas in severe acute respiratory distress syndrome: A computed tomographic study of ventilator-associated changes. Critical Care Medicine 2002, 30: 1747-1752. PMID: 12163787, DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200208000-00012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute DiseaseAdultAgedAPACHEBronchiectasisBronchogenic CystFemaleHumansLungLung ComplianceLung InjuryMaleMiddle AgedPneumothoraxPredictive Value of TestsPrevalenceRespiratory Distress SyndromeRetrospective StudiesSeverity of Illness IndexStatistics as TopicSurvival AnalysisSwitzerlandTime FactorsTomography, X-Ray ComputedTreatment FailureVentilators, MechanicalConceptsSevere acute respiratory distress syndromeAcute respiratory distress syndromeRespiratory distress syndromeMechanical ventilationAir cystsDistress syndromeHigh end-inspiratory pressuresVentilator-induced lung damageRetrospective observational studyPresence of pneumothoraxEnd-inspiratory pressureHigh inspiratory pressuresSeverity of changesNondependent areasLung damageInspiratory pressureMinute ventilationTomographic scanOdds ratioTomographic scanningObservational studyLung fieldsTidal volumeBronchial divisionsAbnormal parenchyma