A novel treatment for opioid-induced respiratory depression that administers electrical pulses to the back of the neck helped anesthetized patients undergoing neurosurgery regain respiratory control following high dosage opioid use.
Michael Fratantoro and Brian S. Kaufman, MD discuss the use of virtual reality as a tool in training and education in healthcare.
A telehealth program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has provided a virtual video visit by a pulmonologist and nurse care manager to all children on home mechanical ventilation within 48 hours of discharge.
A study published in the Annals of Intensive Care shows a 53% reduction of ventilator-associated pneumonia with Bactiguard's endotracheal tube.
Vyaire Medical has released the SuperNO2VA Et, a mask that stents open the airway, thus avoiding airway collapse while accurately monitoring EtCO2.
Patients treated at rural emergency departments have similar outcomes to those receiving care at urban ERs for several important emergency conditions, including stroke and heart attack.
Noninvasive ventilation methods for respiratory distress syndrome have gained attention in recent years due to rising incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in intubated infants.
A virtual recovery program for sepsis patients that may also help post-COVID-19 patients and survivors of other serious illnesses.
Intravenous immune globulin—a common treatment for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C)—likely works by depleting immune cells called neutrophils.