A lung-protective ventilation strategy requires optimal PEEP and tidal volume settings. Finding and maintaining these crucial settings during the course of therapy is challenging - even for ...

was admitted in your ICU 2 d ago with a diagnosis of acute lung injury secondary to a viral pneumonia. He failed a trial of noninvasive mechanical ventilation and has been intubated 12 hr ago.

The following is a summary of “Changes in pulse pressure variation induced by passive leg raising test to predict preload ...

Researchers from Amsterdam UMC have found a new mechanism explaining diaphragm weakness that arises during mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit (ICU). These findings were published in ...

The pNeuton model A is a transport ventilator with built-in CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) for critical care patient support in hospital environments. With simple-to-use controls ...

Tasha McNerney, BS, CVT, CVPM, VTS (Anesthesia), discusses the upcoming VMX workshop on mechanical ventilation, which she will co-present with Tami Lind, BS, RVT, VTS (ECC), and Darci Palmer, LVT, VTS ...

A multidisciplinary team, including the upper-management team ... when at one point the neuro intensive care unit had a VAP rate of 6.49% per 1,000 ventilator days. The increase at the end ...