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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

Iranian 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, Mohammad-Amin Valizad-hasanloei, Aram Feizi   +2 more
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Re-Examining the Race to Send Ventilators to Low-Resource Settings

Respiratory care, 2020
COVID-19 is devastating health systems globally and causing severe ventilator shortages. Since the beginning of the outbreak, the provision and use of ventilators has been a key focus of public discourse.
S. Mantena, K. Rogo, T. Burke
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ExoventQ: A Novel Low-Cost Portable Negative Pressure Ventilator Design and Implementation

IEEE Access
The emergence of COVID-19 resulted in significant shortages of mechanical ventilators globally. This prompted investigations into developing new, cost-effective methods for producing ventilators.
Shahd Sameer Mohammed Gaben, Nada Abughanam, Nabil Ibtehaz, Sakib Mahmud, Ghada Al Noaimi, Abdulrahman Alqahtani, Amith Khandakar, Muhammad E. H. Chowdhury   +7 more
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Rapid establishment of an ICU using anesthesia ventilators during COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned

Critical Care, 2020
We read with great interest the article by Goh et al. [1], and we thought it might be helpful to share our challenging experience with the deployment of anesthesia ventilators in our ICU when faced with a recent ventilator shortage at our institution. In
Amanda S. Xi, Marvin G. Chang, E. Bittner   +2 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)

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), YANG Fangfang (杨方方), ZHANG Xinna (张新娜)   +2 more
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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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Effect of low-dose dexmedetomidine on sleep quality in postoperative patients with mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit: A pilot randomized trial

Frontiers 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, Sai-Nan Zhu, Cheng Zhang, Shuang-Ling Li, Dong-Xin Wang, Dong-Xin Wang   +5 more
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Quick Thinking Turns out Low-Cost Ventilators

IEEE Pulse, 2020
As the number of coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) cases in the United States began mounting in the early weeks of March, health care workers raised the alarm about a looming shortage of ventilators to treat patients.
L. Mertz
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Collateral Ventilation [PDF]

Respiration, 2013
Although known for more than 80 years, ‘collateral ventilation' (CV) became a focus of endoscopic research in the recent decade. Implantation of one-way valves presents an effective treatment option for patients with advanced heterogeneous emphysema optimizing symptoms and quality of life.
D, Gompelmann, R, Eberhardt, F J F, Herth   +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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