Helping ICU patients regain independence: How early rehabilitation can speed recovery

A multicenter study across Japan found that ICU patients receiving more intensive rehabilitation regained independence faster ...
Medical Xpress

Sedative may reduce duration of mechanical ventilation, improve comfort for ICU patients

The results of two randomized trials indicate that among intensive care unit (ICU) patients receiving prolonged mechanical ventilation, use of the sedative dexmedetomidine was not inferior (outcome ...

Lungpacer Achieves Commercial Milestone as Leading U.S. Hospital Performs First AeroPace® Procedures to Help Patients Liberate from Mechanical Ventilation

Lungpacer Medical, a leader in innovative respiratory care neurostimulation technologies, today announced that physicians at one of the nation’s largest healthcare providers and top hospitals has ...
Science Daily

ICU ventilation may trigger mental decline

A new study has found a molecular mechanism that may explain the connection between mechanical ventilation and hippocampal damage in ICU patients. At least 30 percent of patients in intensive care ...
MassDevice

Lungpacer reports first commercial procedures with AeroPace neurostim system

Lungpacer Medical announced today that physicians performed the first commercial procedures using its FDA-cleared AeroPace ...
Science Daily

New guidelines published for discontinuing mechanical ventilation in ICU

New guidelines for discontinuing mechanical ventilation in critically ill adults have been published by researchers. The goal of the guidelines is to help physicians and other health care ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Shorter mechanical ventilation duration linked to timely antibiotic prescription in pediatric ICU

Researchers conducted a retrospective cohort study at 56 children’s hospitals in the U.S. They examined children younger than 2 years old discharged between 2012 and 2016 with a diagnosis of ...
STAT

That ‘damn machine’: the dark side of mechanical ventilators in the ICU

I walk in to Mr. W’s room to say hello. He is 73 years old and has been in the hospital for three months, ever since he was diagnosed with Covid-19 and developed pneumonia. He smiles at me when I ...
Healio

More visceral fat increases risk for COVID-19 ICU admission, mechanical ventilation

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Back to Healio Individuals with COVID-19 who are ...
Mirage News

Automated vs Conventional Ventilation: Impact on ICU Days

Among critically ill adults receiving invasive mechanical ventilation, early use of an automated closed-loop ventilation system did ...
Medscape

SCCM 2009: Alpha-2-Agonist Sedation vs GABA Agonists May Shorten Time on Mechanical Ventilation

To earn CME related to this news article, click here. February 2, 2009 (Nashville, Tennessee) — Midazolam and dexmedetomidine show equal efficacy and safety in providing targeted sedation of patients ...
News Medical

Research uncovers mechanism behind diaphragm weakness during mechanical ventilation in ICU patients

Researchers from Amsterdam UMC have found a new mechanism explaining diaphragm weakness that arises during mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit (ICU). The diaphragm is the most important ...