Patient-ventilator dyssynchrony symptoms can involve increased respiratory rate, increased airway pressure, low or elevated tidal volume, paradoxical breathing, or breath stacking.

When managing the ventilator in a patient with asthma, ... Expiratory flow that continues at the onset of inspiration indicates that breath stacking (hyperinflation) is occurring.

Breath-to-breath adjustments are generally small, assuming there are no major changes to input. If any of several different ventilator settings aren't meeting the patient's respiratory demands ...

A new breath test took less than 10 minutes to screen for ventilator-associated pneumonia, or VAP, in ICU patients, according to a study published in Talanta.It typically takes more than 24 hours ...

Experts said an average ventilator costs anywhere from $20,000 and up to $100,000. Second Breath costs about $6,000. Dan T. Moore Co. has made about 36 ventilators and they’re ready to ship out ...