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Design and performance of a flow sensor CoroQuant used with emergency lung ventilator CoroVent during COVID-19 pandemic

open access: yesMeasurement: Sensors, 2022
At the time of COVID-19 pandemic onset in spring 2020 a project CoroVent was initiated with the aim to design and produce emergency lung ventilators and distribute them to hospitals. No flow and tidal volume sensors were available for the project.
Ladislav Bís, Karel Roubík
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Home mechanical ventilation: back to basics [PDF]

open access: yesAcute and Critical Care, 2020
Over recent decades, the use of home mechanical ventilation (HMV) has steadily increased worldwide, with varying prevalence in different countries.
Sunghoon Park, Eui-Sik Suh
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Effect of Positive End-Expiratory Pressure on Central Venous Pressure in Patients under Mechanical Ventilation

open access: yesArchives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2018
Introduction: Finding the probable governing pattern of PEEP and CVP changes is an area of interest for in-charge physicians and researchers. Therefore, the present study was designed with the aim of evaluating the relationship between the mentioned ...
Majid Shojaee   +5 more
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Analysis of Medical Resource Utilization and Outcome of Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Patients Undergoing Mechanical Ventilation

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gerontology, 2015
Background: Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) is a potent selective pulmonary vasodilator, which is used in critically ill patients to improve oxygenation. It avoids systemic hypotension and ventilator-induced lung injury in patients using ventilators.
Yueh-Chih Chung   +4 more
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Anaesthesia ventilators

open access: yesIndian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2013
Anaesthesia ventilators are an integral part of all modern anaesthesia workstations. Automatic ventilators in the operating rooms, which were very simple with few modes of ventilation when introduced, have become very sophisticated with many advanced ...
Rajnish K Jain, Srinivasan Swaminathan
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The effect of using communication boards on ease of communication and anxiety in mechanically ventilated conscious patients admitted to intensive care units

open access: yesIranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 2018
Background: Using mechanical ventilation devices has unique advantages for the patient; however, it can also cause various problems. This study aimed to determine the effect of using communication boards on the ease of communication and anxiety in ...
Seyede-Roghayeh Hosseini   +2 more
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Effect of low-dose dexmedetomidine on sleep quality in postoperative patients with mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit: A pilot randomized trial

open access: yesFrontiers in Medicine, 2022
BackgroundSleep disturbances are prevalent in patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit (ICU) and are associated with worse outcomes.
Yue-Ming Sun   +5 more
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Design and application of a breathing circuit joint for preventing condensation water from gathering (一种用于防冷凝水聚集的呼吸回路接头的设计与应用)

open access: yes中西医结合护理
Mechanical ventilation refers to a rescue and treatment means to improve ventilation and oxygenation through the establishment of artificial airway. Condensate accumulation is an important source of infection leading to ventilators associated pneumonia ...
TIAN Suai (田素爱)   +2 more
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Effects of thoracic squeezing on airway secretion removal in mechanically ventilated patients

open access: yesIranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 2016
Background: Accumulation of secretions in the airways of patients with an endotracheal tube and mechanical ventilation will have serious consequences. One of the most common methods of airway clearance is endotracheal suctioning.
Farkhondeh Yousefnia-Darzi   +4 more
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Disability, Deadly Discourse, and Collectivity amid Coronavirus (COVID-19)

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 2020
As COVID-19 crosses the globe, disabled people are subject to new medical and discursive realities. Focusing on the consequences of the latter, we utilize news reports from Canada and the UK to argue the current language of pre-existing conditions ...
Thomas Abrams, David Abbott
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