Respiration, Artificial - Psychology
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Monday, November 23, 2009

A review of the evidence for music intervention to manage anxiety in critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilatory support.

30 Mar 2009 Critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilatory support experience profound anxiety with this common treatment modality. Music intervention is one adjunctive therapy that can be implemented to allay anxiety. This article reviews the ... Read more...

Distanciation in Ricoeur's theory of interpretation: narrations in a study of life experiences of living with chronic illness and home mechanical ventilation.

27 Feb 2009 Within the caring science paradigm, variations of a method of interpretation inspired by the French philosopher Paul Ricoeur's theory of interpretation are used. This method consists of several levels of interpretation: a naïve reading, a structural ... Read more...

Experiences of intensive care unit diaries: 'touching a tender wound'.

27 Feb 2009 AIM: The aim of this study was to describe peoples' experiences of a personal diary written when they were critically ill and receiving care in an intensive care unit (ICU). BACKGROUND: In some ICUs, diaries are written by the ICU staff and close ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Respiration, Artificial - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Who has capacity? 14 Jul 2009
• A review of the evidence for music intervention to manage anxiety in critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilatory support. 30 Mar 2009
• Distanciation in Ricoeur's theory of interpretation: narrations in a study of life experiences of living with chronic illness and home mechanical ventilation. 27 Feb 2009
• Experiences of intensive care unit diaries: 'touching a tender wound'. 27 Feb 2009
• Qualitative analysis of patients' intensive care experience during mechanical ventilation. 30 Dec 2008
• [The effectiveness of music therapy in reducing physiological and psychological anxiety in mechanically ventilated patients] 29 Sep 2008
• Dexmedetomidine versus propofol/midazolam for long-term sedation during mechanical ventilation. 14 Sep 2008
• Randomised trial of inpatient versus outpatient initiation of home mechanical ventilation in patients with nocturnal hypoventilation. 5 Sep 2008
• Development of the 3-SET 4P questionnaire for evaluating former ICU patients' physical and psychosocial problems over time: a pilot study. 6 Aug 2008
• Soothing tunes. 29 Jun 2008
• Experiences of critically ill patients in the ICU. 7 May 2008
• Validity of the Faces Anxiety Scale for the assessment of state anxiety in intensive care patients not receiving mechanical ventilation. 29 Apr 2008
• Use of prone positioning in a patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome: a case review. 30 Mar 2008
• Perspectives of personal support workers and ventilator-users on training needs. 3 Mar 2008
• Living with a machine: the experience of the child who is ventilator dependent. 30 Dec 2007
• Outcome and attitudes toward home tracheostomy ventilation of consecutive patients: a 10-year experience. 17 Nov 2007
• Silent, slow lifeworld: the communication experience of nonvocal ventilated patients. 30 Oct 2007
• ICU patients' recall of emotional reactions in the trajectory from falling critically ill to hospital discharge: follow-ups after 3 and 12 months. 23 Sep 2007
• Post-ICU consequences of patient wakefulness and sedative exposure during mechanical ventilation. 15 Aug 2007
• Health is yearning--experiences of being conscious during ventilator treatment in a critical care unit. Aug 2007

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Technical information about 'Respiration, Artificial'

Definition: Any method of artifical 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 ).

Descriptor UI: D012121

Alternative terms: Respiration, Artificial; Artificial Respiration; Artificial Respirations; Respirations, Artificial; Ventilation, Mechanical; Mechanical Ventilation; Mechanical Ventilations; Ventilations, Mechanical;

Related Mesh Headings: Ventilators, Mechanical;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E02.365.647.729; E02.880.820;

Technical Notes: /instrum: consider also VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL