To be honest, ventilators can be intimidating at first. It feels like something you shouldn't touch. You panic when the alarm goes off. You end up recording "no abnormalities" without really ...
Objective To investigate the efficacy of automated control of inspired oxygen (FiO2) by Predictive Intelligent Control of Oxygenation (PRICO) on the Fabian ventilator in maintaining oxygen saturation ...
The first few months after being assigned to the ICU are honestly quite tough, aren't they? “It’s not what I expected,” “I feel like I’m the only one who can’t keep up.” I’m sure there are quite a few ...
Lung transplant device LungFX won FDA approval Monday for centralized ex vivo lung perfusion, a technology that reconditions ...
Acute respiratory distress syndrome presents as hypoxia and bilateral pulmonary infiltrates on chest imaging in the absence of heart failure sufficient to account for this clinical state. Management ...
A 36-year-old man was brought to the emergency department with suspected COVID-19, following a 3-week history of cough, fevers and shortness of breath, worsening suddenly in the preceding 4 hours. On ...
Objective High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) therapy is increasingly used in preterm infants despite a paucity of physiological studies. We aimed to investigate the effects of HFNC on respiratory ...