AirLife and Vyaire are recalling specific infant breathing support systems due to a potentially dangerous defect that could ...

Adults receiving proportional-assist ventilation had a similar time to successful liberation from mechanical ventilation as ...

Breathing is the sign of life, the human body is fueled by a proper combination of food and oxygen. The accurate amount of oxygen is a vital factor for health and even survival of life in some cases.

Background: In volume guarantee ventilation with the Dräger Babylog 8000 ventilator, inspiratory and expiratory flows are monitored and the expiratory tidal volume calculated following each inflation.

Premature babies often need help breathing as their lungs are not fully developed. Nasal breathing support (through the nose) helps premature babies breathe without the need for breathing tubes in the ...

Implications This study reinforces the importance of minimizing not only overt ventilator pressures and volumes, but also the total energy delivered to the lungs. MP integrates multiple parameters, ...

Smith was nine weeks pregnant when she suffered multiple blood clots in her brain. Her story gained public attention when her mother criticized doctors’ decision to keep her on a ventilator ...

This requires vital organ support, ventilation, nutritional supplements, antibiotics and constant monitoring. Outcomes are highly uncertain.

The consensus conference addressed many questions related to the performance of basic life support. These have been grouped into (1) epidemiology and recognition of cardiac arrest, (2) airway and ...

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Abstract Objective This systematic review aimed to analyze, in neonates, the effects of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) with volume-targeted (VT) compared with conventional HFOV.

Objectives To determine the regional ventilation characteristics during non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in stable preterm infants. The secondary aim was to explore the relationship between indicators ...