Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014 May;35(5):502-10. PMID: 24709718. Screening ventilator settings for VAC captures a similar set of complications to traditional VAP surveillance but is faster, more ...

Bibliometric variables, patient characteristics, physical therapy interventions, ventilator settings and respiratory or metabolic monitoring will be extracted. The identified literature will be ...

Further research from Klompas et al. evaluated a novel surveillance paradigm for VACs, defined by a sustained increase in patients’ ventilator settings after a period of stable or decreasing support.

Objective: To determine the incidence and survival of ALI associated postoperative respiratory failure and its association with intraoperative ventilator settings, specifically tidal volume. Design: ...

Tasha McNerney, BS, CVT, CVPM, VTS (Anesthesia), discusses the upcoming VMX workshop on mechanical ventilation, which she will co-present with Tami Lind, BS, RVT, VTS (ECC), and Darci Palmer, LVT, VTS ...

Standby mode is used when a ventilator is first switched on and the settings are confirmed before connecting to the patient, or when ventilation needs to be briefly suspended. A review of the NRLS ...

Antibiotic overuse is a key driver in the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a major global health crisis. Researchers ...