Priorities Towards Fair Allocation of Ventilators During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Delphi Study
Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 BackgroundCOVID-19 pandemic has resulted in severe shortage in vital resources, including invasive mechanical ventilators. The current imbalance between demand and supply of mechanical ventilators has called for investigations on the fair allocation of ...
Seyyed-Hadi Ghamari +4 more
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Air–Oxygen Blenders for Mechanical Ventilators: A Literature Review [PDF]
Sensors, 2022 Respiratory diseases are one of the most common causes of death in the world and this recent COVID-19 pandemic is a key example. Problems such as infections, in general, affect many people and depending on the form of transmission they can spread ...
Gabryel F. Soares +4 more
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The in-vitro performance of invasive mechanical ventilators in lung model [PDF]
Science ProgressObjective To evaluate the technical performance and patient-ventilator synchronization of different invasive mechanical ventilators. Methods Six ventilators were tested using the ASL5000 active lung simulator.
Xingshuo Hu BM +4 more
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Incidence and factors associated with agitation in patients on mechanical ventilators in Amhara Region, North-West Ethiopia: a multi-center study [PDF]
Scientific ReportsAgitation is a common psychomotor disorder among critically ill patients on mechanical ventilators, posing significant risks to patients and adding strain to clinical services.
Temesgen Birlie Asmare +3 more
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Collaborative and Structured Network for Maintenance of Mechanical Ventilators during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic [PDF]
Healthcare (Switzerland), 2021 Rodrigo Santiago Coelho +2 more
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Mechanical ventilators for low- and middle-income countries: informing a context-specific and sustainable design [PDF]
British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2022 Madiha Hashmi, Elisabeth Riviello
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Design and simulation of mechanical ventilators [PDF]
Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 2021 Hanaa Abu-Zinadah +2 more
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Performance assessment of a ventilator developed for emergency use in a resource-constrained ICU setting during the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]
BioMedical Engineering OnLineBackground The Masi mechanical ventilator was developed in Peru, designed and manufactured as a rapid-response to the healthcare emergency. Its promising pre-clinical and clinical results allowed it to be approved by the national regulatory authority to ...
Sergio Sánchez-Gambetta +8 more
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Development of a prognostic scoring system in patients with pneumonia requiring ventilator care for more than 4 days: a single-center observational study [PDF]
Acute and Critical Care, 2021 Background The aim of the present study was to develop a prognostic model using demographic characteristics, comorbidities, and clinical variables measured on day 4 of mechanical ventilation (MV) for patients with prolonged acute mechanical ventilation ...
Yeseul Oh, Yewon Kang, Kwangha Lee
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Mechanical Ventilators circuit types
Journal of Mechanical Ventilation, 2023 Clinicians might have opportunities to recognize different types of mechanical ventilators circuits and compare them in critical care situations. As a clinician it is important to know the features of those configurations and take them into consideration
Kimiyo Yamasaki
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