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Effects of thoracic squeezing on airway secretion removal in mechanically ventilated patients

Iranian 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, Farideh Hasavari, Tahereh Khaleghdoost, Ehsan Kazemnezhad-Leyli, Malahat Khalili   +4 more
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Demand Controlled Ventilation and Classroom Ventilation [PDF]

, 2012
Demand Controlled Ventilation and Classroom Ventilation William J. Fisk, Mark J. Mendell, Molly Davies, Ekaterina Eliseeva, David Faulkner, Tienzen Hong, Douglas P. Sullivan Indoor Environment Group Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Department Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, CA 94720 May 2012 This work was supported by the ...
William J. Fisk, Mark J. Mendell, Molly Davies, Ekaterina Eliseeva, David Faulkner, Tienzen Hong, Douglas P. Sullivan   +6 more
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Disability, Deadly Discourse, and Collectivity amid Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Scandinavian 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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Ventilators for Nonintensivists. Basic Ventilator Parameters

ATS Scholar, 2020
As COVID-19 has rapidly evolved into a pandemic, many physicians without prior critical care training are being called upon to help manage SARS-CoV-2 infected patients who develop respiratory failu...
Acho, Megan, Lee, Alyson C., Lee, Burton W.   +2 more
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Ventilator performances for non-invasive ventilation: a bench study

BMJ Open Respiratory Research
Introduction A wide range of recent ventilators, dedicated or not, is available for non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in respiratory or intensive care units (ICU).
Maxime Patout, Antoine Cuvelier, Fabienne Tamion, Christophe Girault, Elise Artaud-Macari, Christian Caillard, Emeline Fresnel   +6 more
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General Public Preferences for Allocating Scarce Medical Resources During COVID-19

Frontiers in Public Health, 2020
COVID-19 has overwhelmed healthcare systems across the globe with an unprecedented surge in the demand for hospitalizations. Consequently, many hospitals are facing precarious conditions due to limited capacity, especially in the provision of ventilators.
Samir Huseynov, Marco A. Palma, Rodolfo M. Nayga   +2 more
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Quality of nurses’ communication with mechanically ventilated patients in a cardiac surgery intensive care unit

Investigación y Educación en Enfermería, 2019
Objective. To describe the quality of the relationship between nurses and patients under mechanical ventilation. Methods. This observational study, performed in a cardiac surgery intensive care unit in Iran, selected 10 nurses and 35 patients through ...
Marzieh Momennasab, Mohammadreza Shaker Ardakani, Fereshte Dehghan Rad, Roya Dokoohaki, Reza Dakhesh, Azita Jaberi   +5 more
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GlasVent—The Rapidly Deployable Emergency Ventilator

Global Challenges, 2020
As a result of the novel Coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) outbreak, a surge is witnessed in the demand for mechanical ventilators needed for treating affected patients.
Adamos Christou, Markellos Ntagios, Andrew Hart, Ravinder Dahiya   +3 more
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Frugal Innovation: Enabling Mechanical Ventilation During Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic in Resource-Limited Settings

Critical Care Explorations, 2021
ICUs worldwide are facing resource shortages including increased need for provision of invasive mechanical ventilation during the current coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Chintan Dave, MD, Paul Cameron, MD, John Basmaji, MD, Gordon Campbell, PhD, Edward Buga, MD, Marat Slessarev, MD, PhD   +5 more
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Automatic ventilators

, 2016
Automatic ventilators enable the provision of intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV) to support ventilation in anaesthetized or heavily sedated patients. An automatic ventilator is an invaluable tool that provides repeated, controlled breaths,
Hammond, Richard, Murison, Pamela J., Pamela J. Murison, Richard Hammond   +3 more
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