The following is a summary of “Dyspnea Among Mechanically Ventilated Patients: A Systematic Review,” published in the April ...

Doctors often use noninvasive ventilation to stave off intubation or the use of more invasive mechanical ventilation ... of ...

In this study, nasal ventilation was shown to be more effective ... because PEEPi must be offset before breathing--either spontaneous or mechanical--can start. Recently, CPAP and PEEPe have ...

Noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) delivers air through a tight-fitting mask that goes over the nose and/or mouth. NIV was originally used to treat neuromuscular disease. But, new evidence ...

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is an airway infection developing more than 48 h after intubation that affects 8–28% of patients requiring mechanical ventilation. VAP is a major ...