The care of patients who are receiving artificial mechanical ventilation is complex and requires skill and experience. This two-part series outlines some of the important aspects of one specific part ...

The Long-Term In-Home Ventilator Engagement (LIVE) program in Ontario offers a multicomponent e-health intervention that enables secure, virtual home visits, customizable care plans and clinical ...

Prolonged mechanical ventilation is a patient safety issue. According to one epidemiological study, approximately 310 people per 100,000 adults in the United States require invasive mechanical ...

The number of nursing home residents with advanced dementia who get hooked up to breathing machines has roughly doubled in recent years even though this doesn't appear to help them live longer, a U.S.

In partnership with The Repository, every Monday the Stark Community Foundation is highlighting positive happenings in our community. Here’s to Good News Mondays! Life-saving equipment is helping ...

In a recent study published in JAMA, researchers investigated whether adding sigh breaths to standard care regimens of mechanically ventilated trauma patients increased ventilator-free days (VFDs).

LIVINGSTON, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ventilator dependent respiratory patients in three Skilled Nursing Facilities in the Western U.S. now have a better chance of going home earlier, thanks to the ...

Our ICU started using an oral care protocol for patients receiving mechanical ventilation to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) last year. However, one of our physicians said that oral care ...