BIOMAT Database Logo BIOMAT Database Logo

Airway management and mechanical ventilation. 1995

K J Abrams
Department of Anesthesiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.

The care of the acutely head-injured patient involves rapid evaluation and correction of hypoxia with appropriate airway management and treatment of associated problems. The primary focus is correction of underlying pathophysiology and prevention of secondary brain injury. Anesthetics and muscle relaxants are used to control intracranial dynamics and maintain systemic and cerebral perfusion. Airway management requires prompt intervention and definitive control, while protecting the cervical spine. Preparation for the possibility of failed intubation is important.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007442 Intubation, Intratracheal A procedure involving placement of a tube into the trachea through the mouth or nose in order to provide a patient with oxygen and anesthesia. Intubation, Endotracheal,Endotracheal Intubation,Endotracheal Intubations,Intratracheal Intubation,Intratracheal Intubations,Intubations, Endotracheal,Intubations, Intratracheal
D009466 Neuromuscular Blocking Agents Drugs that interrupt transmission of nerve impulses at the skeletal neuromuscular junction. They can be of two types, competitive, stabilizing blockers (NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS) or noncompetitive, depolarizing agents (NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS). Both prevent acetylcholine from triggering the muscle contraction and they are used as anesthesia adjuvants, as relaxants during electroshock, in convulsive states, etc. Neuromuscular Blocker,Neuromuscular Blocking Agent,Neuromuscular Blockers,Agent, Neuromuscular Blocking,Agents, Neuromuscular Blocking,Blocker, Neuromuscular,Blockers, Neuromuscular,Blocking Agent, Neuromuscular,Blocking Agents, Neuromuscular
D012121 Respiration, Artificial Any method of artificial breathing that employs mechanical or non-mechanical means to force the air into and out of the lungs. Artificial respiration or ventilation is used in individuals who have stopped breathing or have RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY to increase their intake of oxygen (O2) and excretion of carbon dioxide (CO2). Ventilation, Mechanical,Mechanical Ventilation,Artificial Respiration,Artificial Respirations,Mechanical Ventilations,Respirations, Artificial,Ventilations, Mechanical
D012138 Respiratory Therapy Care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities associated with the cardiopulmonary system. It includes the therapeutic use of medical gases and their administrative apparatus, environmental control systems, humidification, aerosols, ventilatory support, bronchopulmonary drainage and exercise, respiratory rehabilitation, assistance with cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and maintenance of natural, artificial, and mechanical airways. Inhalation Therapy,Therapy, Inhalation,Therapy, Respiratory,Inhalation Therapies,Respiratory Therapies,Therapies, Inhalation,Therapies, Respiratory
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000777 Anesthetics Agents capable of inducing a total or partial loss of sensation, especially tactile sensation and pain. They may act to induce general ANESTHESIA, in which an unconscious state is achieved, or may act locally to induce numbness or lack of sensation at a targeted site. Anesthetic,Anesthetic Agents,Anesthetic Drugs,Anesthetic Effect,Anesthetic Effects,Agents, Anesthetic,Drugs, Anesthetic,Effect, Anesthetic,Effects, Anesthetic
D000860 Hypoxia Sub-optimal OXYGEN levels in the ambient air of living organisms. Anoxia,Oxygen Deficiency,Anoxemia,Deficiency, Oxygen,Hypoxemia,Deficiencies, Oxygen,Oxygen Deficiencies
D016489 Head Injuries, Closed Traumatic injuries to the cranium where the integrity of the skull is not compromised and no bone fragments or other objects penetrate the skull and DURA MATER. This frequently results in mechanical injury being transmitted to intracranial structures which may produce TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES, hemorrhage, or CRANIAL NERVE INJURIES. (From Rowland, Merritt's Textbook of Neurology, 9th ed, p417) Head Injuries, Nonpenetrating,Head Trauma, Closed,Closed Head Injuries,Head Injury, Blunt,Head Injury, Nonpenetrating,Injuries, Closed Head,Blunt Head Injuries,Blunt Head Injury,Closed Head Injury,Closed Head Trauma,Closed Head Traumas,Head Injuries, Blunt,Head Injury, Closed,Head Traumas, Closed,Nonpenetrating Head Injuries,Nonpenetrating Head Injury

Related Publications

K J Abrams
Airway management and mechanical ventilation in acute brain injury.
January 2017, Handbook of clinical neurology,
K J Abrams
[Airway management in ICU patients with mechanical ventilation].
February 1998, Anales de medicina interna (Madrid, Spain : 1984),
K J Abrams
Advances in airway management and mechanical ventilation in inhalation injury.
December 2020, Current opinion in anaesthesiology,
K J Abrams
Airway and ventilation management.
February 2002, Cardiology clinics,
K J Abrams
Airway closure during mechanical ventilation.
February 1976, Anesthesiology,
K J Abrams
Airway injury with mechanical ventilation.
September 1988, The Journal of pediatrics,
K J Abrams
Management of mechanical ventilation.
June 1975, The Surgical clinics of North America,
K J Abrams
Airway closure and closing pressure during mechanical ventilation.
August 1980, Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica,
K J Abrams
Airway management and ventilation during CPR.
January 1997, Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. Supplementum,
K J Abrams
[Advances in airway humidification during mechanical ventilation].
July 2012, Zhongguo wei zhong bing ji jiu yi xue = Chinese critical care medicine = Zhongguo weizhongbing jijiuyixue,
Copied contents to your clipboard!