• Automatic detection of ventilatory modes during invasive mechanical ventilation 

      Murias, Gastón; Montanyà, Jaume; Chacón, Encarna; Estruga, Anna; Subirà Cuyàs, Carles; Fernández Fernández, Rafael; Sales, Bernat; De Haro, Candelaria; López-Aguilar, Josefina; Lucangelo, Umberto; Villar, Jesús; Kacmarek, Robert M.; Blanch, Lluís (Critical Care, 2016-08-14)
      Background: Expert systems can help alleviate problems related to the shortage of human resources in critical care, offering expert advice in complex situations. Expert systems use contextual information ...
    • Cognitive phenotypes 1 month after ICU discharge in mechanically ventilated patients: a prospective observational cohort study 

      Fernández-Gonzalo, Sol; Navarra-Ventura, Guillem; Bacardit, Neus; Gomà Fernández, Gemma; De Haro, Candelaria; Subirà Cuyàs, Carles; López-Aguilar, Josefina; Magrans, Rudys; Sarlabous, Leonardo; Aquino‑Esperanza, José; Jodar, Mercè; Rué, Montserrat; Ochagavia, Ana; Palao, Diego J.; Fernández, Rafael; Fernández Fernández, Rafael; Blanch, Lluís (Critical Care, 2020)
      Background: ICU patients undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation experience cognitive decline associated with their critical illness and its management. The early detection of different cognitive ...
    • Development and validation of a sample entropy-based method to identify complex patient-ventilator interactions during mechanical ventilation 

      Sarlabous, Leonardo; Aquino‑Esperanza, José; Magrans, Rudys; De Haro, Candelaria; López-Aguilar, Josefina; Subirà Cuyàs, Carles; Batlle, Montserrat; Rué, Montserrat; Gomà Fernández, Gemma; Ochagavia, Ana; Fernández Fernández, Rafael; Blanch, Lluís (Scientific Reports, 2020)
      Patient-ventilator asynchronies can be detected by close monitoring of ventilator screens by clinicians or through automated algorithms. However, detecting complex patient-ventilator interactions (CP-VI), ...
    • Effects of sedatives and opioids on trigger and cycling asynchronies throughout mechanical ventilation: an observational study in a large dataset from critically ill patients 

      De Haro, Candelaria; Magrans, Rudys; López-Aguilar, Josefina; Montanyà, Jaume; Lena, Enrico; Subirà Cuyàs, Carles; Fernandez-Gonzalo, Sol; Gomà Fernández, Gemma; Fernández Fernández, Rafael; Albaiceta, Guillermo M.; Skrobik, Yoanna; Lucangelo, Umberto; Murias, Gastón; Ochagavia, Ana; Kacmarek, Robert M.; Rué, Montserrat; Blanch, Lluís; Asynchronies in the Intensive Care Unit (ASYNICU) Group (Critical Care, 2019-07-05)
      Background: In critically ill patients, poor patient-ventilator interaction may worsen outcomes. Although sedatives are often administered to improve comfort and facilitate ventilation, they can be ...
    • High flow conditioned oxygen therapy for prevention of reintubation in critically ill patients: a preliminary cohort study 

      Hernandez, Gonzalo; Vaquero Collado, Concepción; García Plaza, Susana; Villasclaras Pacheco, Ana; Pardo Rey, Candido; De la Fuente O'Connor, Eugenia; Cuena, Rafael; González Arenas, Paloma; Fernández Fernández, Rafael (International Journal of Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, 2015-12-31)
      Objective: To determine the impact of delivering high flow conditioned oxygen therapy (HFO) through nasal cannula on prevention of reintubation in mechanically ventilated (MV) critically ill patients. ...
    • Impaired cerebral autoregulation is associated with brain dysfunction in patients with sepsis 

      Crippa, Ilaria Alice; Subirà Cuyàs, Carles; Vincent, Jean-Louis; Fernández Fernández, Rafael; Cano Hernandez, Silvia; Zama Cavicchi, Federica; Creteur, Jacques; Taccone, Fabio Silvio (Critical Care, 2018-12-04)
      Background: Sepsis-associated brain dysfunction (SABD) is associated with high morbidity and mortality. The pathophysiology of SABD is multifactorial. One hypothesis is that impaired cerebral autoregulation ...
    • Predicting patient-ventilator asynchronies with hidden markov models 

      Marchuk, Yaroslav; Magrans, Rudys; Sales, Bernat; Montanyà, Jaume; López-Aguilar, Josefina; De Haro, Candelaria; Gomà Fernández, Gemma; Subirà Cuyàs, Carles; Fernández Fernández, Rafael; Kacmarek, Robert M.; Blanch, Lluís (Scientific Reports, 2018-12-04)
      In mechanical ventilation, it is paramount to ensure the patient’s ventilatory demand is met while minimizing asynchronies. We aimed to develop a model to predict the likelihood of asynchronies occurring. ...