Modified endotracheal tubes designed to reduce patient pneumonia risk failed to improve outcomes compared to standard ...

Noninvasive ventilation reduces the need for intubation compared to standard medical care in adults with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (Lancet. 2000;355:1931-1935; ...

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High-intensity noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) might have reduced need for endotracheal intubation for persistent hypercapnia during acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive ...

Recent research suggests three post-intubation practices can decrease rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia, according to a study published in the Journal of Nursing Care Quality. The researchers ...

Thousands of Americans die each year during a dangerous two-minute procedure to insert a breathing tube. Now a Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) study in the New England Journal of Medicine ...

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Gilbert Torres sat in his hospital bed, sheets wrapped around his legs, clutching his phone with trembling hands. Three weeks before, he was working his shift at a truck wash on South Alameda Street, ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A new safety tool is available to front-line healthcare workers thanks to a request by one nurse. For Emily Wallace, COVID-19 can be overwhelming. "It's just scary because it's ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Across several subgroups, preoxygenation with noninvasive ventilation lowered hypoxemia more than an oxygen mask ...