Ventilation

Caring for ventilated patients in critical condition requires expertise on mechanical ventilation; however, there is a lack of consistency in the teaching given to critical care fellows on this topic, according to a meeting presentation.

The FDA has recalled Mercury Medical’s Neo-Tee T-Piece Resuscitator, a gas powered resuscitator intended primarily for emergency use, due to an undersized spring in the ventilation control component.

BOSTON — Decisions about pediatric noninvasive ventilation need to align with the child’s and family’s goals at all stages of the child’s life and at the end of it as well, according to a presentation at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

BOSTON — Having a COPD exacerbation hospitalization in combination with COVID-19 vs. no COVID-19 significantly raised the odds for mortality and invasive ventilation, according to a poster presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

BOSTON — Patients hospitalized with both asthma exacerbations and COVID-19 had worse outcomes than those hospitalized for either of those conditions alone, according to a poster presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

BOSTON — The odds for mortality, ventilation and septic shock among adults hospitalized with COPD went down if they also had GERD, according to data presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Adults receiving prolonged mechanical ventilation may benefit in terms of survival with successful weaning, according to results published in Respiratory Medicine.

In the first half of 2024, many posts on X, formerly Twitter, from U.S. health care professionals discussing COPD therapies focused on ventilation support, medications and palliative care, according to a tracker from Creation Healthcare.

Fewer ventilated patients who received pantoprazole, a widely available proton-pump inhibitor, experienced clinically important upper gastrointestinal bleeding, according to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Fewer ICU/ED patients experienced hypoxemia during intubation with receipt of preoxygenation with noninvasive ventilation vs. an oxygen mask, according to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine.