Background: Low tidal volume (VT) ventilation ... high peak inspiratory pressure (odds ratio [OR], 1.53 per SD; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.28 to 1.84), increasing positive end-expiratory ...

In this document NIV refers to non-invasive positive pressure ventilation, and other less commonly used techniques such as external negative pressure or rocking beds will not be discussed. (NIPPV is ...

In the 3rd century bc Erasistratus of Chios recognised that breathing depended on muscular action. By 1555 Vesalius had described assisted positive pressure ventilation and in 1667 Hooke used a pair ...

The Gauteng health department says the evacuated ICU patients following a fire at Steve Biko Academic Hospital early this ...

Some patients and staff at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria have been evacuated following a fire at the hospital in the early hours of this morning. No injuries have been reported ...

For the 32.5% of patients for whom HFNC was insufficient, half transitioned to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), while the remainder required mechanical ventilation. This study suggests that ...

Introduction Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in children has become an increasingly common modality ... ((airway* or air way* or breath* or inspirat* or respirat* or ventilat*) and (positive adj2 ...

The intensive care unit of Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria was engulfed in smoke when a fire broke out in a plant ...

A fire in the plant room at Tshwane’s Steve Biko Academic Hospital early this morning led to the evacuation of ICU patients ...