Preterm infants, particularly those born at extremely low gestational ages, frequently require invasive mechanical ventilation to support inadequate respiratory function at birth. However, as ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Noninvasive ventilation after extubation for critically ill patients with obesity led to less instances of ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — An early-morning, multiprofessional extubation approach decreases the number of ventilator days and cuts the rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in half, according to ...

Objective: To evaluate the performance of an extubation readiness test based on a spontaneous breathing trial using pressure support. Design: Retrospective chart review. Setting: Pediatric intensive ...

The need for reintubation after extubation and discontinuation of mechanical ventilation is not uncommon and is associated with increased mortality. Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation has been ...

Study in Critical Care Nurse examines how Duke University Hospital nurse researchers identified barriers to extubation and implemented workable solutions. A Duke University Hospital cardiothoracic ...

New guidelines for discontinuing mechanical ventilation in critically ill adults have been published by researchers. The goal of the guidelines is to help physicians and other health care ...

Accidentally dislodging a breathing tube on a baby in the NICU is the fourth-most common negative event in NICUs around the country and can lead to airway trauma, bleeding and cardiovascular collapse.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Liberation time and mortality in the proportional-assist ventilation group did not differ from the ...