Résumé Les céphalées quotidiennes chroniques sont souvent méconnues des médecins bien qu'une partie notable de la population en souffre
(2 à 5% de la population).
Le plus souvent, il s'agit de migraineux dont la maladie s'est dégradée à l'occasion de perturbations psychologiques en relation
avec la personnalité des patients et/ou les circonstances de la vie.
Dans la plupart des cas, on note également l'utilisation abusive des antalgiques. Le sevrage de ceux-ci, un traitement prophylactique
englobant les différents facteurs permettent d'améliorer considérablement ces malades.
Summary Daily chronic headaches are often unknown by physicians, although a quite important part of the population suffers because
of it (from 2 to 5% of the population).
The most frequent situation concerns migrainers whose disease was aggravated on the occasion of psychological disturbance
connected with the personality and life of the patients. Most of the time, an abusive use of antalgics is noticed. A wearning
of them, and a prophylactic treatment, including these different factors can considerably ameliorate the state of these patients.
Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV ECMO) is now an established modality of support for patients with the who are failing evidence-based conventional therapies. Minimising ventilator-induced lung injury is the guiding principle behind patient management with VV ECMO. Patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) supported with VV ECMO are liberated from ECMO at a stage when native lungs have recovered sufficiently to support physiologic demands and the risks of iatrogenic lung injuries after discontinuation of ECMO are perceived to be small. However, native lung recovery is a dynamic process and patients rely on varying degrees of contributions from both native lungs and ECMO for gas exchange support. Patients often demonstrate near total ECMO dependence for oxygenation and decarboxylation early in the course of the illness and this may necessitate higher ECMO blood flow rates (EBFRs). Although, reliance on high EBFR for oxygenation support may remain variable over the course of ECMO, blood flow requirements typically diminish over time as native lungs start to recover. Currently, protocol-driven modulation of the EBFR based on changing physiologic needs is not common practice and consequently patients may remain on higher than physiologically necessary EBFR. This exposes the patient to potential risks because maintaining higher blood flows often requires a less restrictive fluid balance and deeper sedation. Both may be harmful in the setting of recovery from ARDS. In this article, we propose a strategy that involves daily assessments of native lung function and a protocol-driven daily optimisation of EBFR. This is followed by optimisation of sweep gas flow rate (SGFR) and the fraction of delivered oxygen in the sweep gas (FdO2). This staged approach to weaning VV ECMO allows us to fully utilise the “decoupling” of oxygenation and decarboxylation that is possible only during extracorporeal support. This approach may benefit patients by allowing for greater fluid restriction, more aggressive fluid removal, expedited weaning of sedation and neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs), and early physical rehabilitation. Ultimately, prospective studies are needed to evaluate optimal VV ECMO weaning practices 相似文献
Purpose: Following repeated weaning failures in acute care services, spinal cord injury (SCI) patients who require prolonged mechanical ventilation and tracheostomy are discharged to their homes or skilled nursing facilities, with a portable mechanical ventilator (MV) and/or tracheostomy tube (TT) with excess risk of complications, high cost and low quality of life. We hypothesized that many difficult-to-wean patients with cervical SCI can be successfully managed in a rehabilitation clinic. The aim of our study was to develop a respiratory rehabilitation, MV weaning and TT decannulation protocol and to evaluate the effectiveness of this protocol in tetraplegic patients.
Methods: A multidisciplinary and multifaceted protocol, including respiratory assessment and management themes, was developed and performed based on the findings from other studies in the literature. Tetraplegic patients with the diagnosis of difficult-to-wean, who were admitted to the rehabilitation clinic after having been discharged from the intensive care unit to their home with home-type MV and/or TT, were included in this prospective observational study.
Results: The respiratory rehabilitation protocol was applied to 35 tetraplegic patients (10 home-type MV and tracheostomy-dependent, and 25 tracheostomized patients) with C1-C7 ASIA impairment scale grade A, B, and C injuries. Seven out of 10 patients successfully weaned from MV and 30 of 35 patients were decannulated. Four patients were referred for diaphragm pace stimulation and tracheal stenosis surgery. The mean durations of MV weaning and decannulation were 37 and 31 days, respectively.
Conclusions: A multifaceted, multidisciplinary respiratory management program can change the process of care used for difficult-to-wean patients with SCI.
Implications for rehabilitation
Findings from this study indicate the significance of a multidimensional evaluation of any reversible factors for prolonged MV- and/or TT-dependent SCI patients. Thus, rehabilitation specialists should take this into consideration and should provide the appropriate amount of time to these patients.
The proposed protocol of respiratory rehabilitation for MV- and/or TT-dependent SCI patients shows promising results in terms of changing the care used for these patients.
Successful implementation of a respiratory rehabilitation and weaning protocol is dependent on careful planning and detailed communication between the rehabilitation specialist and intensivist during the respiratory rehabilitation process.
Because many of the so-called difficult- or impossible-to-wean patients were successfully weaned from MV and TT in the PMR clinic, the need for such an outlet for countries without specialized centers is supported.
Successful weaning from ventilatory support is the ultimate goal for all those involved in the care of mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care units. Although this may be a straightforward process for many patients, a significant minority require more complex and time-consuming approaches. At present there are a number of key issues surrounding weaning, such as the causes of weaning failure, the factors that predict weaning success or failure, and the optimal procedural strategies for weaning.
Physiotherapists have an established role in the care of mechanically ventilated patients, but their role during weaning is less well documented. This paper reviews the current trends and ideas surrounding weaning adults, and highlights those areas relevant to physiotherapists. 相似文献
Complementary feeding is the subject of many recommendations regarding the benefits of its use, illustrating its crucial impact on further health. However, it still poses a significant problem for caregivers, and thus for doctors. This survey focused on nutritional problems faced by the parents of infants and toddlers, as well as how physicians deal with these problems. Based on the responses from 303 doctors, it was determined that the time and sequence of introducing complementary foods raise the greatest doubts in parents. This study also found that at least one-third of pediatricians experience difficulties in providing effective nutritional counseling. Increasing the nutritional awareness of physicians can allow them to provide more appropriate support to parents. 相似文献
In the last decades, international guidelines proposed different strategies of complementary foods introduction during weaning to prevent allergy. Avoidance measures, such as late introduction of allergenic foods, failed to show a significant preventive effect towards allergy. Recently, prospective randomized controlled studies suggested that the early introduction of solid foods ‐ rather than the late introduction ‐ could be a strategy to prevent allergic sensitization and food allergy. However, at today clear evidence of effectiveness and safety of early introduction are not yet available to recommend a radical change in the current clinical practice. A realistic advice for the general population could be to begin the weaning at 4–5 months with the progressive introduction of different foods. The advices for introduction of solid foods during weaning should also take in consideration the global development of child to chose the better timing of introduction of foods. 相似文献