Medscape

Achieving Patient/Ventilator Synchrony -- Good Luck

What is patient/ventilator synchrony? Broadly speaking, a patient and ventilator are in synchrony when the settings on the ventilator are matched with what the patient's respiratory system is trying ...
Medscape

Optimal Modes of Ventilation for Weaning

Is it better to use the assisted/control or synchronous intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV) with pressure support mode of ventilation in patients who fail weaning? General recommendations for ...
Nasdaq

Independent multi-center trial shows that Getinge's NAVA ventilation mode shortens time of mechanical ventilation by almost 35% for adult ICU patients

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Sept. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The clinical effectiveness of Getinge's patented Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist (NAVA), which uses the patient's own respiratory drive to ...
Nature

New Modes of Neonatal Ventilation: Let There be Light

In this issue of the Journal, two papers shed some light on these problems, one from Georgetown by Abubakar and Keszler, 6 another from Vanderbilt by Guthrie et al. 7 While neither are large RCTs, ...
Yahoo

One ventilator, two patients: New York hospitals shift to crisis mode

Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Fremont, California NEW YORK (Reuters) - At least one New York hospital has begun putting two patients on a single ventilator machine, an experimental ...
Nature

Non-invasive ventilation and surfactant treatment as the primary mode of respiratory support in surfactant-deficient newborn piglets

Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) and nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV), forms of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) for respiratory support, are increasingly being ...