Tag: ventilators
Bedside PUG Positively Impact Efficiency and Cost Outcomes in the ICU
This study demonstrates bedside percutaneous ultrasound gastrostomy (PUG) leads to decreased Length of Stay (LOS) and total hospital costs in patients with ventilator-dependent respiratory failure. Hospital costs were significantly... read more
External Chest-wall Compression in Prolonged COVID-19 ARDS with Low-compliance
SARS-CoV-2 can lead to severe respiratory failure (C-ARDS) with some clinical and radiological characteristics that match the presentation of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The management of mechanical ventilation... read more
Probiotics for the Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Presently, there is conflicting evidence regarding the efficacy of probiotics in the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). This meta-analysis was conducted to update current clinical evidence and evaluate the... read more
Ventilator Capacity Management Queuing Model During COVID-19 Pandemic
We applied a queuing model to inform ventilator capacity planning during the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada. The core of our framework is a multi-class Erlang loss model... read more
Inhaled Corticosteroid Use on COVID-19 Outcomes Among Hospitalized Adult Asthmatics
While our findings confirm trends observed by others with respect to risk factors among asthmatics with COVID-19, differences based on sex, ethnicity and ICS use in asthmatics were observed. Our finding that ICS use was associated... read more
Ventilator Modes Made Easy: An Easy Reference for RRT’s, RN’s, and Medical Residents
Who says understanding ventilator modes has to be hard? This book gives you easy to understand information that every RRT, RN, or Resident always wishes they had. Each mode is described in simple language and answers the... read more
Association of Low Baseline Diaphragm Muscle Mass With Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation and Mortality Among Critically Ill Adults
In this study, low baseline diaphragm muscle mass in critically ill patients was associated with prolonged mechanical ventilation, complications of acute respiratory failure, and an increased risk of death in the hospital. A... read more
A Scenario Modeling Pipeline for COVID-19 Emergency Planning
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused strain on health systems worldwide due to its high mortality rate and the large portion of cases requiring critical care and mechanical ventilation. During these uncertain... read more
The Ventilator Book
If you need something that teaches you both the concepts of mechanical ventilation and how to manage patients with respiratory failure, this is the book for you. The Ventilator Book is written to be read in the ICU or Emergency... read more
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
ICU Capacity is More About the Clinicians Than The Number of Beds
Each time communities experience surges of COVID-19, concerns arise over the availability of hospital and intensive care unit beds in affected regions. To monitor ICU capacity, several states have begun to track and publicly... read more
ICU Doctor Creates App to Help Patients on Ventilators Communicate Faster
ICU Doctor Chandar Abboy and his partner came up with a way to give a voice to the voiceless. The app called “Yo Doc” allows patients on ventilators to better communicate their needs and feelings. Dr. Abboy says this... read more
The Ethics of Allocation
One of the greatest challenges in health care - and in generations - is upon us COVID-19 continues to detrimentally affect every aspect of our healthcare system. Clinicians have been faced with grim life-and-death decisions... read more
ICU Delirium Management During SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
The novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2-causing Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19), emerged as a public health threat in December 2019 and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020. Delirium, a dangerous... read more
Preparing ICUs for COVID-19: an Australian Experience
In this article, we describe the response from our intensive care unit (ICU) within a large tertiary private metropolitan Australian hospital. We hope this information may be useful to other ICUs in Australia, for any second... read more
A Guide To Designing Low-Cost Ventilators for COVID-19
The best medical treatment currently for COVID-19 is to simply assist the lung function with mechanical ventilation. Unfortunately hospitals are experiencing such huge influx of patients and do not have enough ventilators. This... read more
Let’s Save Some Lives: A Doctor’s Journey Into the Pandemic
There is no hope of outrunning the suffering that has settled into the hospital and the world around it, so Andrew Ibrahim laces up his blue waterproof sneakers and walks. In the time it has taken the daffodils to poke... read more
