Proportional assist ventilation is a promising addition to other more conventional modes of mechanical ventilation with the theoretical advantage of improving patient-ventilator interaction. It may ...

Topics include airway management, respiration, and artificial ventilation. The student will apply knowledge (fundamental depth and foundational breadth) of general anatomy and physiology to patient ...

A new method of scanning lungs is able to show the effects of treatment on lung function in real time and enable experts to ...

Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) has been remarkably effective in the management of chronic respiratory failure ... Experience of monitoring during sleep from patients predominantly with sleep apnoea ...

The following is a summary of “Management of Pleural Effusion in Mechanically Ventilated Critically Ill Patients: A ...

For premedication, a combination of an opioid (eg, hydromorphone 0.05-0.1 mg/kg intramuscular [IM] or fentanyl 3 μg/kg) and a ...

Up to 20% of patients requiring mechanical ventilation will suffer from difficult weaning (the need of more than 7 days of weaning after the first spontaneous breathing trial), which may depend on ...

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The new scanning technique allows the team to quantify the degree of improvement in ventilation when patients have a ...

New imaging techniques reveal real-time lung function improvements, offering a breakthrough in diagnosing and treating ...

Invasive ventilation, which involves the insertion of a breathing tube into the patient’s airway, finds broad applications in the management of respiratory diseases and critical care settings. Type: ...

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