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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...