While midazolam is the only sedative labeled for continuous use during mechanical ventilation in pediatric ICU patients, ...

So the goal should be sufficient ventilation but not over- ventilation. ASHRAE 62.2 or whatever your building code requires is a good place to start. A simple air- quality or CO2 monitor can help ...

Adults receiving proportional-assist ventilation had a similar time to successful liberation from mechanical ventilation as ...

Important to reduce patients' time respiratory intensive care with mechanical ventilation Book Announcement. University of Gothenburg. image: Carl-Johan Cederwall, Ph.D./CCN, ...

Although many older patients who survived more than three days after receiving mechanical ventilation via endotracheal intubation were able to be extubated, hospitalization tended to be prolonged ...

Mechanical ventilation is a life saver, and studies have shown that at any particular moment about 40 percent of all patients in the intensive care unit are breathing with the help of a ...

Across 23 centers in seven countries, 722 patients were enrolled, and 573 underwent randomization and were included in the analysis. The median time to successful liberation from mechanical ...