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AUTHOR
Santi Raineri
Postoperative continuous positive airway pressure to prevent pneumonia, re-intubation, and death after major abdominal surgery (PRISM): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 3 trial.
BackgroundRespiratory complications are an important cause of postoperative morbidity. We aimed to investigate whether continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) administered immediately after major abdominal surgery could prevent postoperative morbidity.MethodsPRISM was an open-label, randomised, phase 3 trial done at 70 hospitals across six countries. Patients aged 50 years or older who were undergoing elective major open abdominal surgery were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive CPAP within 4 h of the end of surgery or usual postoperative care. Patients were randomly assigned using a computer-generated minimisation algorithm with inbuilt concealment. The primary outcome was a composite of…
Additional file 1: of Is it time to consider visual feedback systems the gold standard for chest compression skill acquisition?
Shows the graphic interface of the Laerdal QCPRÂŽ feedback system. Screenshot representing how Laerdal QCPRÂŽ provides real-time visual feedback during training. In this case, compressions are too shallow, 40Â mm for the last one, with incomplete chest recoil (another yellow arrow suggests you should allow complete chest recoil), and the compression rate is too low, 84 compressions/minute (a continuous yellow line shows that the compressions are not in the correct range). The system recognizes as correct parameters those recommended by international guidelines. (TIFF 123 kb)