Mechanical ventilation also exposes the patient to increased risks of infection, laryngeal and tracheal injury (Mahamid, 2000), tension pneumothorax, pneumonia and sinusitis (Preston, 2001). Over the ...

Advances in the technology of applying continuous positive airway pressure, along with better informed medical and nursing staff, mean that the treatment of severe dyspnoea now includes the option of ...

The health condition of the Pope has sharply worsened. He has been placed on mechanical ventilation, the Vatican press service informs. In a statement released by the Vatican press office on the ...

The Holy Father has suspended non-invasive mechanical ventilation and also reduced the need for high-flow oxygen therapy. The progress of motor and respiratory physiotherapy continues", it said.

Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) used as a weaning technique for mechanically ventilated patients can shorten intubation time and may reduce the risk of post-extubation acute respiratory failure ...

Non-invasive ventilators like CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) and BiPAP (bi-level positive airway pressure) machines are associated with an increased risk of COVID-19 transmission and ...

Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) used as a weaning technique for mechanically ventilated patients can shorten intubation time and may reduce the risk of post-extubation acute respiratory failure ...

Mechanical ventilation (MV) is indicated in the treatment of acute respiratory failure (ARF) when conservative treatment fails. Invasive MV is associated with several complications which may be ...

What is home non-invasive ventilation (NIV) and when was NIV developed? Essentially, home NIV was developed in the 60s and 70s when there was also an unmet need for patients suffering from post ...

Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation is a type of mechanical ventilation that does not require an artificial airway. Studies published in the 1990s that evaluated the efficacy of this technique ...