ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021
The Association between Mechanical Power and Mortality in Patients with Pneumonia Using Pressure-Targeted Ventilation.
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- The Association Between Mechanical Power and Mortality in Critically Ill Patients Receiving Invasive Mechanical Ventilation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Critical care medicine · 2026Pooled it
- The role of mechanical power in lung ventilation for the prevention of ventilator-induced lung injury: a narrative review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026Review
- Correlation of mechanical power and outcome in critically ill patients in Indian population: A prospective observational study.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2026Article
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- Overpowered or Underexplored: Is Mechanical Power Causative or Reflective of Outcomes in the ICU?Chest · 2025Article
- Optimizing mechanical ventilation: Personalizing mechanical power to reduce ICU mortality - a retrospective cohort study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Association Between Mechanical Power and 28-Day All-Cause Mortality in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients Undergoing Invasive Ventilation: Analysis of the MIMIC-IV Database.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2025Observational
- Lower Late Development Rate of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Patients with Lower Mechanical Power or Driving Pressure.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Cell death of alveolar lymphocytes and monocytes is negatively correlated with driving pressure and mechanical power in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.European journal of medical research · 2024Article
- The Impact of Mechanical Energy Assessment on Mechanical Ventilation: A Comprehensive Review and Practical Application.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023Review
- Mechanical power: meaning, uses and limitations.Intensive care medicine · 2023Article
- Role of Changes in Driving Pressure and Mechanical Power in Predicting Mortality in Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Recent studies have reported that mechanical power (MP) is associated with increased mortality in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). We aimed to investigate the association between 28-day mortality and MP in patients with severe pneumonia. In total, the data of 313 patients with severe pneumonia were used for analysis. Serial MP was calculated daily for either 21 days or until ventilator support was no longer required. Compared with the non-ARDS group, the ARDS group (106 patients) demonstrated lower age, a higher Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score, lower history of diabetes mellitus, elevated incidences of shock and jaundice, higher MP and driving pressure on Day 1, and more deaths within 28 days. Regression analysis revealed that MP was an independent factor associated with 28-day mortality (odds ratio, 1.048; 95% confidence interval, 1.020-1.077). MP was persistently high in non-survivors and low in survivors among the ARDS group, the non-ARDS group, and all patients. These findings indicate that MP is associated with the 28-day mortality in ventilated patients with severe pneumonia, both in the ARDS and non-ARDS groups. MP had a better predicted value for the 28-day mortality than the driving pressure.
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