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 ...
Lungpacer Medical’s AeroPace System uses neurostimulation via an electrode-containing cardiovascular-catheter and software-controlled system to contract and strengthen the diaphragm in patients on ...
Background: PSV is a patient triggered, pressure limited, flow cycled mode of ventilation. Synchrony during inspiration and expiration, and flow dynamics of PSV might facilitate weaning from ...
Interventions: Infants on conventional ventilation were randomly assigned to receive either nurse-led (n = 25) or registrar-led (n = 23) weaning. A total of 48 infants completed the study (two ...