SAN ANTONIO – Patients requiring only short periods of ventilator management account for almost 25% of short-stay admissions to surgical-trauma intensive care units (STICU), according to research ...

Once all of the pre-discharge criteria are met, the process of training the patient and caregivers on the home care equipment and techniques related to treating the patient on the ventilator can begin ...

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Medical Director, Adult Emergency Services, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, ...

Real-time monitoring of patient-ventilator asynchrony (PVA) and respiratory parameters is important in patients with severe ...

One of the most common causes for admission to the intensive care unit is a requirement for mechanical ventilation. However, patients in critical care have diverse needs and may be affected with a ...

More recently, the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death reviewed the quality of care provided to patients receiving acute NIV and highlighted a need for improved ventilator ...

This is a Kaiser Health News story. As the number of COVID-19 patients climbs and health officials hunt for ventilators to treat them, nursing homes across the United States have a cache about 8,200 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Inspired by the lack of consistency in mechanical ventilation training, doctors at Cleveland Clinic developed a ...

The VentO₂ux ventilator supports critically ill respiratory patients and features a compact, lightweight design.

Spinal cord injuries, strokes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis have left tens of thousands of Americans permanently dependent on ventilators ...