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 ...

Patients on mechanical ventilation for severe COVID-19 pneumonia had similar mortality rates to patients with other forms of severe pneumonia, but those with COVID tended to be kept on ventilation ...

It is common for poor synchrony to occur in both invasive and noninvasive mechanical ventilation. It is a serious problem that may lead to increased patient discomfort, prolonged mechanical ...

Q. Do you consider the use of mechanical ventilation in ALS patients an extraordinary or disproportionate means to prolong life? Would the discontinuation of mechanical ventilation in ALS patients be ...

Among patients without acute respiratory distress syndrome, protective mechanical ventilation with use of lower tidal volumes (the volume of air inhaled and exhaled during each breath) was associated ...

A study was undertaken at the Philadelphia Veterans Administration Hospital to measure the effect of ethamivan¶ on alveolar ventilation in patients with chronic lung disease and to compare its potency ...

Physicians working in the intensive care unit (ICU) frequently face an unsettling dilemma: how to sedate patients deeply enough so they're unaware of pain, but not so deeply that they experience ...

The protocol was approved by the Research Ethics Board of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada. Written informed consent was obtained from a parent or guardian. Infants were eligible for ...

BOSTON -- Acinetobacter baumannii and Candida auris were common among patients receiving mechanical ventilation in both acute care hospitals and long-term care facilities, particularly the latter, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Invasive ventilation use differed between white patients and Asian, Black and Hispanic patients. Less use of ...

Discharge planning works best when a team of multidisciplinary health-care professionals works on the process together. The physician, primary RN, social service, insurance provider and case manager, ...