J Crit Care

Dynamic optic nerve sheath diameter changes upon moderate hyperventilation in patients with traumatic brain injury.

Klinzing S, Hilty M, Bechtel-Grosch U, Schuepbach RA, Bühler P, Brandi G

Sonographic assessment of optical nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) has the potential for non-invasive monitoring of intracranial pressure (ICP). Hypervent ... Read More

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High Alt. Med. Biol. 2020 Jan 22

Transient Cerebral Ischemia at High Altitude and Hyper-Responsiveness to Hypoxia.

Richalet JP, Larmignat P, Poignard P

A 36-year-old woman with no medical history participated in a trekking in Ladakh up to 5300?m of altitude. She was well acclimatized and presented no ... Read More

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J. Physiol. (Lond.) 2020 Jan 20

Relationship between cardiorespiratory phase coherence during hypoxia and genetic polymorphism in humans.

Lancaster G, Debevec T, Millet GP, Poussel M, Willis SJ, Mramor M, Goricar K, Osredkar D, Dolžan V, Stefanovska A

High altitude-induced hypoxia in humans evokes a pattern of breathing known as periodic breathing (PB), where the regular oscillations corresponding t ... Read More

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Nurs Crit Care 2020 Jan 19

Ventilator hyperinflation determined by peak airway pressure delivered: A randomized crossover trial.

Jacob W, Dennis D, Jacques A, Marsh L, Woods P, Hebden-Todd T

The aim of this study was to see if a more sophisticated ventilator hyperinflation protocol might result in more sputum clearance compared to manual h ... Read More

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Sleep Breath 2020 Jan 15

Breathing retraining in sleep apnoea: a review of approaches and potential mechanisms.

Courtney R

Anatomically based treatments for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) may not completely resolve OSA. This has led to interest in exploring ways of address ... Read More

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