Teaching Pearls in Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation

Teaching Pearls in Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation

This book uses real-world clinical case analyses of hot topics to provide insights into noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV). Written by leading international teachers and experts, it features a selection of "major... read more

Breath-holding as a Novel Approach to COVID-19 Risk Stratification

Breath-holding as a Novel Approach to COVID-19 Risk Stratification

Despite considerable progress, it remains unclear why some patients admitted for COVID-19 develop adverse outcomes while others recover spontaneously. Clues may lie with the predisposition to hypoxemia or unexpected absence... read more

Protecting The Injured RV in COVID-19 ARDS

Protecting The Injured RV in COVID-19 ARDS

The abnormal interaction between the right ventricle (RV) and pulmonary vasculature in various disease states is associated with adverse clinical outcomes. Impaired RV physiology in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)... read more

Non-invasive Respiratory Support and P-SILI in COVID-19

Non-invasive Respiratory Support and P-SILI in COVID-19

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia is associated with hypoxemic respiratory failure, ranging from mild to severe. Due to the worldwide shortage of intensive care unit beds, a relatively high number of patients... read more

NIV After Early Extubation Reduces Total Days Spent on i-MV

NIV After Early Extubation Reduces Total Days Spent on i-MV

Patients recovering from an episode of hypoxemic acute respiratory failure (hARF) may benefit from a weaning strategy based on early extubation followed by immediate noninvasive ventilation (NIV) application. Compared... read more

Prone Positioning Non-intubated COVID-19 Patients with Severe Hypoxemia Was Safe

Prone Positioning Non-intubated COVID-19 Patients with Severe Hypoxemia Was Safe

In a small sample, prone positioning non-intubated COVID-19 patients with severe hypoxemia was safe; however, many patients did not tolerate prolonged durations. Although patients had improved oxygenation and respiratory... read more

Mechanical Ventilators for Non-invasive Ventilation

Mechanical Ventilators for Non-invasive Ventilation

This book analyzes and describes the whole spectrum of technical elements related with non-invasive mechanical ventilators technologies, ventilator modes and complementary technologies for correct interpretation and clinical... read more

Respiratory Support in Patients with COVID-19

Respiratory Support in Patients with COVID-19

Non-invasive respiratory support could be useful in treating COVID-19-related acute respiratory failure (ARF). A rational use of different techniques (oxygen therapy, CPAP, NIV or HFOT) by a trained pulmonologist could allow... read more

ICU Isolation Hood Decreases Risk of Aerosolization During Noninvasive Ventilation with COVID-19

ICU Isolation Hood Decreases Risk of Aerosolization During Noninvasive Ventilation with COVID-19

The treatment of patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) needs to take into consideration not only the disease process but also the availability of medical resources and the risks of transmission to healthcare providers.... read more

A Transdisciplinary COVID-19 Early Respiratory Intervention Protocol

A Transdisciplinary COVID-19 Early Respiratory Intervention Protocol

In the days after COVID-19 arrived in our region, there were many such stories of patients sent to the floor from the Emergency Department who were intubated shortly after admission. Many of those patients subsequently... read more

COVID-19 NIV: Helmet vs Mask

COVID-19 NIV: Helmet vs Mask

Over the past few weeks there has been a shift in the management of critically ill COVID-19 patients. Many seem to have moved away from an intubate early strategy to the use of high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) and noninvasive... read more

Predicting NIV Failure in Hypoxemic Patients

Predicting NIV Failure in Hypoxemic Patients

Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is applied worldwide to patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure. It is often applied as an attempt to avoid invasive mechanical ventilation. However, the application of NIV is often... read more

Canopy Protects Healthcare Workers From COVID-19 Infection During Ventilation

Canopy Protects Healthcare Workers From COVID-19 Infection During Ventilation

Researchers have designed a cost-effective, constant flow plastic canopy system that can help to protect healthcare workers who are at risk of airborne coronavirus infection while delivering non-invasive ventilation or oxygen... read more

Is All Oxygen Created The Same?

Is All Oxygen Created The Same?

Oxygen therapy is frequently used in the emergency department for the treatment of hypoxia and respiratory failure and can be delivered in a variety of ways. Conventional oxygen therapy (COT) via nasal cannula is often a... read more