ReviewIntensive care medicine2014
Unrecognized suffering in the ICU: addressing dyspnea in mechanically ventilated patients.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Impact of Proportional Assisted Ventilation on Dyspnea and Asynchrony in Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Effectiveness of an Exercise Re-training Program on Dyspnea in Patients After Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Secondary to Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia in Post-ICU
Comparison of the Two-year Efficacy of Three Exercise Rehabilitation Strategies on Dyspnea in Patients Who Presented With Secondary Respiratory Distress Syndrome Secondary to Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia
Who cites it
50 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 150 citations in OpenAlex.
- Physiological Effects of High-Flow Tracheal Oxygen in Tracheostomized Patients Weaning From Mechanical Ventilation.Respiratory care · 2024Pooled it
- Low dose of morphine to relieve dyspnea in acute respiratory failure: the OpiDys double-blind randomized controlled trial.Respiratory research · 2024Trial
- Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist as an alternative to pressure support ventilation in adults: a French multicentre randomized trial.Intensive care medicine · 2016Trial
- Effects of dexmedetomidine and propofol on patient-ventilator interaction in difficult-to-wean, mechanically ventilated patients: a prospective, open-label, randomised, multicentre study.Critical care (London, England) · 2016Trial
- Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist and proportional assist ventilation both improve patient-ventilator interaction.Critical care (London, England) · 2015Trial
- Dyspnea is related to clinical outcomes in patients weaning from invasive mechanical ventilation with tracheostomy: a multicenter prospective study.Critical care (London, England) · 2026Observational
- Methodological development of the remote ventilate view platform for real-time monitoring of patient-ventilator asynchrony and respiratory parameters in severe pneumonia patients.Journal of intensive medicine · 2025Article
- Thirst in ICU Patients: A Scoping Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- Airway Occlusion Pressure and Dyspnea during Mechanical Ventilation: Giving Words to the Pleas of the Respiratory Centers.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2024Article
- Breathlessness assessment, management and impact in the intensive care unit: a rapid review and narrative synthesis.Annals of intensive care · 2024Review
- Bridging the Gap Between Detection, Understanding, and Future Innovation in Patient-Ventilator Asynchronies.Respiratory care · 2024Article
- Flow starvation during square-flow assisted ventilation detected by supervised deep learning techniques.Critical care (London, England) · 2024Observational
- Controlled Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Ill Patients and the Potential Role of Venous Bagging in Acute Kidney Injury.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- A High Respiratory Drive Is Associated with Weaning Failure in Patients with COVID-19-Associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: The Role of the Electrical Activity of the Diaphragm.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Dyspnoea in acutely ill mechanically ventilated adult patients: an ERS/ESICM statement.Intensive care medicine · 2024Article
- Symptom Assessment for Mechanically Ventilated Patients: Principles and Priorities: An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2023Article
- Evaluation of the accuracy of established patient inspiratory effort estimation methods during mechanical support ventilation.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Non-invasive ventilation for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, including COVID-19.Journal of intensive medicine · 2023Review
- DYSPNEA AND MECHANICAL VENTILATION: APPLYING PHYSIOLOGY TO GUIDE THERAPY.Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association · 2023Article
- Pressure-flow breath representation eases asynchrony identification in mechanically ventilated patients.Journal of clinical monitoring and computing · 2022Article
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Authors and funding
7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundIntensive care unit (ICU) patients are exposed to many sources of discomfort. Although increasing attention is being given to the detection and treatment of pain, very little is given to the detection and treatment of dyspnea (defined as "breathing discomfort").
methodsPublished information on the prevalence, mechanisms, and potential negative impacts of dyspnea in mechanically ventilated patients are reviewed. The most appropriate tools to detect and quantify dyspnea in ICU patients are also assessed. RESULTS/
conclusionsGrowing evidence suggests that dyspnea is a frequent issue in mechanically ventilated ICU patients, is highly associated with anxiety and pain, and is improved in many patients by altering the ventilator settings.
conclusionsFuture studies are needed to better delineate the impact of dyspnea in the ICU and to define diagnostic, monitoring and therapeutic protocols.
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