As the number of COVID-19 cases increased in the St. Louis area, a multidisciplinary group of Washington University employees launched a Maker Task Force to create equipment and technology needed by ...

Mechanical ventilation saves lives, but the airflow it produces inside an intubated airway can also shape conditions linked to complications during long-term support. In a recent study, SUNY ...

Mechanical ventilation saves lives, but the airflow it produces inside an intubated airway can also shape conditions linked ...

Recent research suggests three post-intubation practices can decrease rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia, according to a study published in the Journal of Nursing Care Quality. The researchers ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with delayed vs. early intubation had worse hospital mortality, ICU mortality and death within 90 days.

Modified endotracheal tubes designed to reduce patient pneumonia risk failed to improve outcomes compared to standard ...

Concerns about safety, competing priorities and uncooperative patients were among the barriers identified by critical care nurses for not mobilizing intubated patients receiving mechanical ventilation ...

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As supplies run low in Brazilian hospitals, one coastal town says it may be forced to take Covid-19 patients off their ventilators due to shortages in the medicines used for intubation. Coronavirus ...