Increased use of ventilation and air cleaners, designed to mitigate the spread of viral infections in hospitals, is likely to have unpredictable effects and may cause viral particles to move around ...

A study, published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, examined the use of an automated system to detect ventilator-associated events in real time. Researchers conducted a retrospective ...

Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) is the most prevalent healthcare-associated infection, with 65% of HAPs occurring in non-ventilated patients as non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP).1 ...

Advanced respiratory support is common in ICU patients with severe viral infections; however, additional infections do not substantially affect 30-day mortality outcomes.

People put under deep sedation during ventilation are 18% more likely to lose their ability to live independently, compared ...

It is safe to treat stable, chronic ventilator-dependent patients in their homes. [5] Home care is less costly than acute care. Guber and colleagues reported that home mechanical ventilation was as ...

AURORA, Colo. — The victim most seriously injured in a random shooting last month remains hospitalized, on a ventilator, and facing the uncertainty of not knowing whether she’ll regain full use of her ...