Douglas Kondo, MD, Associate Professor (Clinical), is an adult and child psychiatrist, and brain imaging researcher who works at the Salt Lake City VA Healthcare System (SLCVAHCS), in the Rocky ...

Introduction Endotracheal suction (ETS) is a frequent and necessary airway intervention for the intubated child. The aim of ETS is to clear the endotracheal tube and airways of respiratory secretions; ...

Institute for Antiviral Research, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-1400, United States Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-1400, ...

Correspondence to Professor Siew C Ng, Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong; siewchienng{at}cuhk.edu.hk Objective Although COVID-19 is primarily a ...

Introduction Automated systems for ventilator management to date have been either fully heuristic rule-based systems or based on a combination of simple physiological models and rules. These have been ...

cFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Thriasio General Hospital of Eleusis, Athens, Greece dFirst Department of Internal Medicine, G. Gennimatas General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece eThird ...

Background Venturi masks are commonly used in the hospital setting to deliver controlled percentages of oxygen. This is important for those at risk of hypercapnic respiratory failure and to accurately ...

Objective To determine if combining high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) with additional sigh breaths would improve end-expiratory lung volume (EELV) and oxygenation in preterm infants.

PaO2/FiO2 Ratio and Ventilatory Ratio were measured 6, 12, 24, 48 and 72 hours after transition to APRV. Statistical analyses were performed using univariate repeated measures ANOVA and chi-squared ...

Overview of model parameters, constants, and outputs with their mathematical symbols, meaning, normal ranges, default values, and units. Normal ranges and default values were based on the in vivo ...