Not Just for Complicated CasesWhile preanesthesia clinics (PACs) are well-established in many Western countries, their ...

Objective To evaluate the feasibility of electrical impedance tomography (EIT) to describe the regional tidal ventilation (V T) and change in end-expiratory lung volume (EELV) patterns in preterm ...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OBIO®, through its Life Sciences Critical Technology and Commercialization (LSCTC) Centre for Excellence, is supporting the adoption of the Extubation Advisor (EA) at The ...

Research from the University of Michigan Medical School finds that one in three hospitalized patients remain connected to a breathing tube after passing a spontaneous breathing trial. Science X Daily ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CPAP, high-flow nasal cannula and bilevel positive airway pressure each reduced the odds for extubation failure ...

Postextubation use of certain modes of noninvasive respiratory support was associated with fewer incidents of extubation failure in critically ill children, a meta-analysis found. Compared with ...

1:55 Quebec family celebrates after young boy in near-drowning discharged from hospital A six-year-old boy is well enough to go home after being hospitalized since last June. On Monday morning, his ...

Sedation weaning protocol reduces total opioid exposure in infants following cardiac surgery In the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit (ICU), a specific sedation weaning guideline significantly ...

A multidisciplinary group at ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville, North Carolina, developed a decision guide to provide healthcare teams with specific guidelines for swallowing care after ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “The impact of these findings is major for daily clinical practice,” Stephan Ehrmann, MD, PhD, professor at ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Stopping enteral nutrition hours before an attempt at extubation didn't reduce risk of failure of extubation, a randomized trial showed. Continued enteral nutrition until extubation ...