Term:Mechanical ventilation

Related terms

patients ill with COVID-19 and going through a severe course of it are often put in intensive care (units) where they are mechanically ventilated

Normative

Encyclopaedic information

The benefits of baricitinib plus remdesivir for persons on mechanicalventilation are uncertain.

Source: https://www.idsociety.org/globalassets/idsa/practice-guidelines/covid-19/treatment/idsa-covid-19-gl-tx-and-mgmt-v4.4.1.pdf

While mechanical ventilation is a potentially life-saving intervention, it can worsen lung injury and, through ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI), contribute to multiorgan failure in patients with ARDS

Source: https://www.sccm.org/getattachment/Disaster/SSC-COVID19-Critical-Care-Guidelines.pdf

Examples

This treatment effect was most pronounced among those who required high-flow oxygen or non-invasive ventilation but were not on invasive mechanical ventilation .

Source: https://files.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/guidelines/covid19treatmentguidelines.pdf

This trial did not demonstrate a benefit of CP in hospitalized patients with mild to moderate ARDS who are not receiving mechanical ventilation.

Source: https://files.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/guidelines/covid19treatmentguidelines.pdf

Collocations

• invasive mechanical ventilation
• non-invasive mechanical ventilation
• high-flow/supplemental oxygen and mechanical ventilation
• to require/need mechanical ventilation
• need for mechanical ventilation
• duration of mechanical ventilation

Keyness

• mechanical ventilation: 4
• invasive mechanical ventilation: 25
• need for mechanical ventilation: 288
• duration of mechanical ventilation: 441

Research

Variants and synonyms

• intubation

Definition/description

Patients with the more severe form of SARS often required mechanical ventilation.

Source: https://www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(17)36204-9/fulltext

Invasive mechanical ventilation ensures oxygenation and ventilation via positive pressure delivered through a secure airway.

Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084920303223?via%3Dihub

Examples

They were then admitted to the intensive care unit and supported with mechanical ventilation.

Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/srep41601

Collocations

• (non)invasive mechanical ventilation
• required mechanical ventilation
• prolonged mechanical ventilation
• to require/necessitate/need mechanical ventilation
• to receive/undergo mechanical ventilation
• to initiate mechanical ventilation

Keyness

• mechanical ventilation: 168
• intubation: >1000

Press

Variants and synonyms

• ventilation

Examples

A total of 1,136 people are hospitalised, with 194 people in intensive care, 78 of whom require ventilation.

Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-news-covid-vaccine-booster-schools-cases-deaths/

Keyness

• ventilation: >1000

Note

No instances of "mechanical ventilation" were found in the press corpus. The example provided is the only instance of a synonymous use of "ventilation", which is otherwise used to refer to the process of aerating indoor spaces.

Comments

The concept is absent from the corpus.