Ventilation
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The natural progression of neuromuscular disease (NMD) inevitably involves respiratory system failure. Increasing respiratory muscle weakness causes worsening hypoventilation, leading to hypercapnia and, eventually, hypoxemia. The American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) recently published guidelines on the respiratory management of ...
It was a pleasure to meet with Alba RamÃrez Sarmiento and Mauricio Orozco-Levi at ERS 2019 in Madrid, who discussed the latest trial results for the new invention device (SUPRAtube) for mechanical ventilation. Questions 1. What are the main risks for ...
Refika Ersu, from Istanbul, joins us at ERS 2019 in Madrid to discuss noninvasive ventilation in children: main indications and contraindications for it, and the challenges in this area. Questions 1. What are the main indications for noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in children? (0:04) 2. ...
Refika Ersu, from Istanbul, joins us at ERS 2019 in Madrid to discuss noninvasive ventilation in children: the recent important technological developments in this area, and how children receiving NIV should be monitored. Questions 1. What have been the most important recent ...
Benjamin Seeliger, Hannover, Germany, spoke to us at ERS 2019 in Madrid about the EOLIA trial and ECMO in veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy. Questions 1. What is known about the effectiveness of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in respiratory failure? (0:05) 2. What are ...
We met with Mirko Belliato, of Pavia, Italy, at ERS 2019 in Madrid to discuss his work on neuroprognostication in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Questions 1. Which patient populations commonly benefit from extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)? (0:05) 2. Despite improvements in the use of ECMO, ...
Marcus Schultz, from the Netherlands, spoke to us at ERS 2019 in Madrid, talking us through the findings of his study of the effects of a fully automated versus conventional ventilation on ventilator settings during during postoperative ventilation in cardiac surgery ...
Mark L Metersky (University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, US) discusses current recommendations and guidelines with respect to the use of empiric antibiotic therapy in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia. Questions 1. What are the major challenges of empiric antibiotic ...
Editorial board member Andrea Aliverti (Politecnico di Milano [Polimi], Milan, Italy) discusses the potential that new technologies could have to improve patient compliance in respiratory medicine. Questions 1. How important an issue is patient compliance in respiratory medicine and how can ...
My experience in the care of ventilator-dependent children involves over 20 years’ experience in both the home and long-term care environments. I have managed over 50 ventilator-dependent children in a university-based practice and have weaned at least two children per year ...
Mario Malerba (University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara/Vercelli, Italy) discusses the background and findings of his presentation entitled: Renal Function Changes After Sleep Apnea Treatment by Positive Airway Pressure: Data from the Vercelli Register (abstract available here). Questions 1. Could you ...
Howard Kipen (Rutgers University School of Public Health, NJ, US) is Chair of the ATS Assembly on Environmental, Occupational and Population Health (EOPH). Here he discusses the mission and scope of his Assembly, the relevance of environment and occupational health ...
Dr. Bjorn Ibsen suggested to medical leaders in Copenhagen, during the 1952 polio epidemic, that positive pressure ventilation might have beneficial effects in patients with polio afflicted with respiratory failure primarily related to deficiencies in alveolar ventilation.1 The success of positive ...
Adaptive servo-ventilation (ASV) is a non-invasive ventilatory therapy that provides variable inspiratory positive airway pressure (IPAP) to support inspiration when breathing amplitude is reduced, ensures sufficient respiration when respiratory effort is absent and provides fixed or variable end-expiratory PAP (EPAP) ...
Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat accumulates to the extent that a patient’s health may be adversely affected. Although the prevalence of morbid obesity has remained stable over the past decade, it is still quite ...
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