Nature

Continuous positive airway pressure: early, late, or stay with synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation?

Despite the advent of new strategies to prevent and treat respiratory distress such as prenatal steroids and surfactant therapy, bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) remains a major complication in ...
Nature

Continuous positive airway pressure and conventional mechanical ventilation in the treatment of meconium aspiration syndrome

Approximately 8 to 19% of all term deliveries occur through meconium-stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) and MAS develops in 5 to 33% of these infants. 3 Respiratory complications of MAS are often the ...
CMAJ

Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation in acute respiratory failure

Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation is a type of mechanical ventilation that does not require an artificial airway. Studies published in the 1990s that evaluated the efficacy of this technique ...
Cochrane

Mechanical breathing assistance for people with cystic fibrosis

NIPPV is a treatment where a machine is used to help the person breathe. During NIPPV therapy, the person breathes using a mask that forces the air into the lungs, keeping the airways open and ...
EurekAlert!

The physics of the premature lung: Why mechanical ventilation can harm preterm lungs

They have just published the results of their study in the journal Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. During normal breathing, the diaphragm descends below the lungs with each breath. This ...
MedPage Today

EMTs Can Give Positive Pressure Ventilation

Out-of-hospital noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (PPV) in patients with severe respiratory distress significantly reduced rates of inhospital mortality and need for invasive ventilation, ...
Financial Post

Lungpacer Medical Announces Positive Results from STIMULUS Trial: Diaphragm Neurostimulation Improves Hemodynamic Performance During Mechanical Ventilation

The investigational AeroNova® System delivers continual diaphragm neurostimulation in synchrony with mechanical ventilation and is designed to reduce injurious pressures from mechanical ventilation to ...
Healio

Mortality rates decreasing in cystic fibrosis patients treated with invasive mechanical ventilation

Mortality rates in adults with cystic fibrosis treated with invasive mechanical ventilation have decreased over time, suggesting mechanical ventilation in these patients is not futile. “Other studies ...
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences - University at Buffalo

Putting Renewed Focus on Negative Pressure Ventilation

In October, the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences hosted a conference on negative pressure ventilation, a less common but useful breathing therapy alternative.
The New England Journal of Medicine

Endotracheal Extubation

Endotracheal extubation refers to the removal of an endotracheal tube from the trachea. This procedure is commonly performed in operating rooms, postanesthesia care units, and intensive care units.
Yahoo Finance

Lungpacer Medical Announces Positive Results from STIMULUS Trial: Diaphragm Neurostimulation Improves Hemodynamic Performance During Mechanical Ventilation

EXTON, Pa., Feb. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lungpacer Medical, a neurostimulation company dedicated to developing innovative interventional therapies to free patients from mechanical ventilation (MV ...