Using a lung and diaphragm protective ventilation strategy guided by a computerized decision support tool during the acute phase of ventilation shortened the duration of weaning, a pediatric phase II ...

The approval was based on data from 2 clinical trials that compared Xenoview MRI to xenon Xe 133 scintigraphy in adults with pulmonary disorders. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ...

Scientists are now able to directly compare the different kinds of injury that mechanical ventilation causes to cells in the lungs. In a new study, using a ventilator-on-a-chip model, researchers ...

Objectives: The aim of this survey was to determine North American and European pediatric intensivists' knowledge and stated practice in the management of children with acute respiratory distress ...

The FDA approval also includes the introduction of new Xenoview dose delivery bag sizes for smaller lungs. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the approval of Xenoview ® (xenon Xe 129 ...

In Germany, about ten per cent of all children are born before the 37th week of pregnancy and are thus considered premature. Many of these premature babies require help with breathing due to their ...

New research reveals that even the most advanced hospital ventilation systems can leave viral particles lingering in the air, ...

Mechanical ventilation, the use of a machine to help a person breathe, was not something many people thought about all that often—until the COVID pandemic struck. Stories of patients being put on ...

A new study from Tulane University suggests that repeated collapse and reopening of tiny alveoli-air sacs in the lungs essential for breathing-during mechanical ventilation may cause microscopic ...