Ventilator
Managing Nonresolving Pneumonia
FDA ‘remains unsatisfied’ in Philips Respironics ventilator, sleep apnea device recall
The FDA asked for more testing regarding the recall of certain Philips Respironics ventilators, bilevel positive airway pressure machines and continuous positive airway pressure machines, according to an update from the agency.
Hamilton Medical recalls more than 20,000 ventilators due to software issues
The FDA has designated Hamilton Medical Inc.’s recall of its HAMILTON-C1, C2, C3 and T1 Ventilators as a class I recall, the most serious kind.
FDA designates Draeger Medical Carina Sub-Acute Care Ventilator recall as class I
The FDA has designated Draeger Medical’s recall of its Carina Sub-Acute Care Ventilator for pediatric patients as a class I recall, the most serious kind.
FDA issues two class I recalls involving ventilators
The FDA has issued class I recalls, the most serious kind, for two different ventilators.
ED boarding of critical care patients may increase ICU length of stay, ventilator days
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Each additional minute patients spent boarded in the ED led to a 0.026% increase in ICU length of stay and a 0.023% increase in ventilator days, according to a study presented at CHEST Annual Meeting.
‘Too many lives are at stake to do otherwise’: Shifting resources during COVID-19 pandemic
Leaders of states and cities with the highest burden of COVID-19 early in the pandemic have called for resources — from ventilators to medical personnel — to be shifted to these areas.
Experts: HHS plan to optimize ventilators is ‘suboptimal’
The HHS assistant secretary for health and the U.S. surgeon general are asking health care providers to repurpose and share ventilators, cancel elective surgeries and transfer equipment and personnel to areas hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.