Up to 20% of patients requiring mechanical ventilation will suffer from difficult weaning (the need of more than 7 days of weaning after the first spontaneous breathing trial), which may depend on ...

Some prior research had shown that gene therapy would not lower the amount of time children spend on ventilator support.

Home invasive mechanical ventilation (HIMV) for chronic respiratory insufficiency is rare in Finland, where extended NIV is now preferred.

A boy has learned to swim despite being attached to a ventilator 24 hours a day ... He has tapes around a tracheostomy in his neck and Shevonne had been advised not to get them wet in case ...

Improving your home’s attic ventilation can make a big difference in the health of your home. Without proper ventilation, a sealed attic traps excessive heat and moisture, which can lead to mold ...

April Kerner was diagnosed with ALS in 2022 and soon lost her voice completely. Now, using an AI tool that sounds like her original voice, she can communicate again.

Due to her need for extended ventilator support, a tracheostomy was performed to create an opening in her neck to facilitate ... It often begins with weakness and tingling in the legs, which can ...

As anyone who’s ever been to a doctor’s appointment knows, medical offices use registration forms to collect each patient’s name, address, biological sex assigned at birth and more.

You keep the tracheostomy until the voice box heals ... You only need this seal if you’re on a breathing machine (ventilator) straight after your operation. If you have this type of tube, your nurse ...

Oral edaravone was approved in 2022 based on bioequivalence and long-term safety studies comparing it with the IV edaravone ...

Brittain was Persaud's only patient with Guillain-Barre syndrome in her 35-year nursing career. Begnaud and his team helped to track down Persaud, who lives in Temecula, California. After being ...