SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — After prolonged mechanical ventilation, patients transition faster when a tracheostomy collar is used than when pressure support is used, investigators reported here at the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The computerized decision support tool was paired with esophageal manometry. A greater proportion of the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The risk for mortality at 1 year and 3 years did not significantly differ among successfully vs. unsuccessfully ...

Post-acute care facilities must excel at weaning patients off ventilators. After all, what hospital wants to transfer a patient to a facility with mediocre weaning success rates, after its staff has ...

October 16, 2006 -- A computer-driven system for weaning from mechanical ventilation is effective in reducing duration of mechanical ventilation and intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay, according ...

The Progressive Care Unit at Tampa General Hospital has generated impressive results, including an 83% ventilator weaning rate and 75% reduction in readmissions. A unique partnership at Tampa General ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Taiwanese doctors say the success of mechanical ventilation weaning can be improved by identifying patients with adrenal insufficiency. Dr. Horng-Chyuan Lin of Chang ...

Several years ago our team was asked to establish a protocol for prolonged mechanical ventilation. Our unit at DeKalb Medical in Georgia specializes in mechanical ventilation. Patients receive ...

A majority of the modalities of synchronized ventilation in preterm infants require the use of flow sensors that can increase dead space and may adversely affect ventilator weaning. The objective of ...