Patient Ventilator Articles & Analysis
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Patients whose lungs have untreated collateral ventilation (CV+) are currently ineligible for treatment with Zephyr Valves and have limited options once medical management alone does not control symptoms. ...
Lungpacer CEO Doug Evans stated, “The emerging research profile of AeroPace underscores the clinical potential of this therapy to play a meaningful role to limit the negative impacts of mechanical ventilation and restore strength for patients to achieve ventilator independence. ...
Scientific studies highlight the benefits of optimized PEEP and long recruitment for ARDS patients ventilated in alternating supine/prone position, but it is one of the most challenging and ergonomically demanding position changes for nurses. The IPV (Inflatable Prone Ventilation) support consists of inflatable pelvic and thoracic pillows ...
Previously, same or similar restrictions precluded many patients from qualifying for a multi-function ventilator if they had previously billed for an oxygen, cough, suction, or nebulizer device. ...
Grassin-Delyle et al. focused on adults undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit due to severe COVID-19 or non-COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). They performed analyses of the volatile metabolome of the expired air of the patients using a high-resolution PTR-TOF. This study involves a smaller number of subjects, ...
Applying non-invasive electrical stimulation to the expiratory abdominal muscles may reduce abdominal muscle atrophy and markedly reduce the number of days adult patients require mechanical ventilation – a potentially important finding for weaning ventilated patients, including seriously ill COVID-19 ...
With a constant flow of hospitalized patients who require enteral feeding-especially during the COVID-19 pandemic for patients who require ventilators-the time-consuming nature of tube placement and immediate need for patient nutrition, and the limited resources hospitals have, Envizion is working together with various hospitals ...
Bracken added “Most endotracheal tubes are made of plastic. COVID-19 patients who become mechanically ventilated will require use of one of these plastic tubes to connect to the mechanical ...
“We use an IONICON PTR-TOF system to monitor breath VOCs in ventilated patients with COVID-19.”, reports Dr. Stanislas Grassin Delyle a breath researcher working at Hôpital Foch in Suresnes, France and University Paris-Saclay (UVSQ). ...
Reducing the time patients spend on mechanical ventilation may reduce the risks of prolonged mechanical ventilation, which include hospital acquired infections, deteriorated quality of life and death. ...
Synaptive Medical, a leader in robotic surgical and imaging technologies, announced today the company has established a partnership with O-Two Medical Technologies, Inc., a world leader in controlled ventilation, for the production of O-Two’s e700 portable transport ventilator for patients impacted worldwide by COVID-19. ...
According to the FDA letter, “patients at high risk of weaning failure include COVID-19 patients requiring ventilation and [other] patients being mechanically ventilated for other high-risk conditions including post-cardiac and post-thoracic surgical procedures and medical ICU patients ...
John Muscedere of Kingston General Hospital’s emergency request to begin using the N8 Medical CeraShield™ Endotracheal Tubes in mechanically-ventilated COVID-19 patients. N8 Medical’s CeraShield™ Endotracheal Tube has a patented anti-fouling coating that is designed to prevent deadly bacterial infections that frequently occur in ...
The intelligent bionic expectoration system helps patients with invasive mechanical ventilation to clear airway secretions by simulating the normal physiological cough mechanism. ...
VentFree is intended to prevent abdominal muscle atrophy and reduce ventilation duration in mechanically ventilated patients. Liberate published the results of its pilot trial of VentFree in July, which found a shorter ventilation duration and ICU length of stay in patients who received VentFree compared with ...
The study demonstrated the feasibility of using the VentFree Muscle Stimulator with mechanically ventilated critically ill patients. No device related serious adverse events were reported and the results indicated that that the device may be able to reduce the duration of ventilator support in critically ill patients requiring ...
” About Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation Approximately 40% of mechanically ventilated patients require more than four days of ventilator support, and the number of these patients is increasing at 5.5% per year. ...
During his junior year of high school, Wynton investigated the frequency and usefulness of chest X-rays taken for pneumonia patients on home mechanical ventilation. He presented the results of his research at the 12th International Conference on Home Mechanical Ventilation in Barcelona, Spain - an honor usually reserved for faculty medical ...