A lung-protective ventilation strategy requires optimal ... do not provide a continuous picture of the patient's pulmonary function. Without continuous regional information, the assessment of ...

Patients who receive mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit (ICU) often develop contractile weakness of the diaphragm muscle. This weakness can lead to difficulties in weaning from the ...

High performance ventilation during transport – critical patients require diagnostic testing outside of the ICU. The Evita Infinity V500 is capable of maintaining high level therapy outside of ...

A study published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine suggests that ACEIs and ARBs may Reduce the risk of Ventilator-Associated ...

France: In non-COPD patients at high risk of extubation failure, prophylactic noninvasive ventilation (NIV) alternating with ...

Biofilms make ventilator-associated pneumonia even harder to treat, and adding enzymes to antimicrobial treatment could be a ...

A fire in the plant room at Tshwane’s Steve Biko Academic Hospital early this morning led to the evacuation of ICU patients ...

Methods: Retrospective analysis of patients from the Multi Parameter Intelligent Monitoring of Intensive Care-II project database who received mechanical ventilation for ≥ 48 h between 2001 and ...

During the 5-yr study period, 3,124 patients were admitted to the PICU; among them, 1,814 (58%) required intubation. NPPV use increased from 0.45% of the total number of patients admitted per year ...