Influence of the quality of nursing on the duration of weaning from mechanical ventilation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

JB Thorens, RM Kaelin, P Jolliet… - Critical care …, 1995 - journals.lww.com
Objective To evaluate the influence of nursing on the duration of weaning from mechanical
ventilation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Design Data were …

Effects of rapid permissive hypercapnia on hemodynamics, gas exchange, and oxygen transport and consumption during mechanical ventilation for the acute …

JB Thorens, P Jolliet, M Ritz, JC Chevrolet - Intensive care medicine, 1996 - Springer
Objective To measure the effects of rapid permissive hypercapnia on hemodynamics and
gas exchange in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Design …

Hypoxaemia and liver cirrhosis: a new argument in favour of a" diffusion-perfusion defect"

JB Thorens, AF Junod - European Respiratory Journal, 1992 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Liver cirrhosis is sometimes associated with very severe hypoxaemia, which is thought to be
the result of intrapulmonary vascular dilatations (IPVDs). These vascular abnormalities …

Unusual cause of lethal pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

D Pittet, T Huguenin, S Dharan… - American journal of …, 1996 - atsjournals.org
Two patients admitted to two different medical wards of our institution following respiratory
decompensation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were subsequently …

Haemodynamic and endocrinological effects of noninvasive mechanical ventilation in respiratory failure

JB Thorens, M Ritz, C Reynard… - European …, 1997 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The aim of this study was to investigate the haemodynamic and endocrinological effects of
noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV). Eleven patients with oedema and recent …

Relationship between pulmonary oxygen consumption, lung inflammation, and calculated venous admixture in patients with acute lung injury

P Jolliet, JB Thorens, L Nicod, C Pichard, U Kyle… - Intensive care …, 1996 - Springer
Objective To determine in patients with acute lung injury whether increased pulmonary
oxygen consumption (VO 2pulm), computed as the difference between oxygen consumption …

Nitric oxide and prostacyclin as test agents of vasoreactivity in severe precapillary pulmonary hypertension: predictive ability and consequences on haemodynamics …

P Jolliet, P Bulpa, JB Thorens, M Ritz, JC Chevrolet - Thorax, 1997 - thorax.bmj.com
BACKGROUND: In patients with primary pulmonary hypertension who respond to
vasodilators acutely, survival can be improved by the long term use of calcium channel …

Adult and paediatric size bronchoscopes for bronchoalveolar lavage in mechanically ventilated patients: yield and side effects.

B Ricou, S Grandin, L Nicod, JB Thorens, PM Suter - Thorax, 1995 - thorax.bmj.com
BACKGROUND--Bronchoalveolar lavage is considered a safe procedure. When performed
in the mechanically ventilated patient, however, potentially harmful effects on respiratory and …

SIADH consecutive to ciprofloxacin intake

D Adler, C Voide, JB Thorens, J Desmeules - European journal of internal …, 2004 - Elsevier
The syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) is often drug-
induced. We describe the first case, to our knowledge, of SIADH consecutive to ciprofloxacin …

Pulmonary vascular reactivity in severe pulmonary hypertension associated with mixed connective tissue disease.

P Jolliet, JB Thorens, JC Chevrolet - Thorax, 1995 - thorax.bmj.com
Pulmonary vascular reactivity tests were performed in a young woman with mixed
connective tissue disease and severe pulmonary hypertension. Vasoreactivity was …