Among critically ill adults undergoing tracheal intubation, hypoxemia increases the risk of cardiac arrest and death. The effect of preoxygenation with noninvasive ventilation, as compared with ...

Intubation is a procedure that's used when ... This is called mechanical ventilation. It helps keep your oxygen and CO2 at healthy levels. The drugs that put you to “sleep” during surgery ...

Opens in a new tab or window Compared with preoxygenation with an oxygen mask, preoxygenation with noninvasive ventilation led to a lower incidence of hypoxemia during emergency intubation among ...

A recent study published in BMC Geriatrics analyzing health and long-term care insurance data from Tsukuba City has provided ...

High-intensity noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) might have reduced need for endotracheal intubation for persistent hypercapnia during acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive ...

Mechanical ventilation is similar as it involves intubation, but instead uses a breathing machine, known as a ventilator, to assist with breathing. Some people may also refer to ventilators as ...

Intubation and coma are terrifying for both patient and doctor ... such as an oxygen mask, then invasive mechanical ventilation becomes the only option of treatment,” explains Prof. Benad Goldwasser, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers split the total cohort into five groups. All groups minus immunocompromised patients with ...

In turn, according to news reports, a patient may require emergency intubation and mechanical ventilation to survive. In order to place traditional ventilator tubes into the throat, doctors and nurses ...

Across several subgroups, preoxygenation with noninvasive ventilation lowered hypoxemia more than an oxygen mask during intubation. Fewer patients receiving noninvasive ventilation experienced ...