Many patients with end-stage cardiomyopathy are now being implanted with Total Artificial Hearts (TAHs). We have observed individual cases of post-operative mechanical ventilator autocycling with a flow trigger, and subsequent loss of autocycling after switching to a pressure trigger. These observations prompted us to do a retrospective review of all TAH devices placed at our institution betwee...

Abstract The COVID-19 crisis has revealed and exacerbated a shortage of mechanical ventilators in hospitals around the world, regardless their government’s resources. Where some countries can respond to situation by ordering more high-end ventilators, price is often too high for low- middle-income (LMICs) securing them be difficult. goal this work design, prototype, test low-cost ventilator, ca...

related to the cause. For ventilator-associated pneumothorax, the type of treatment is ‘set in stone’: chest tube drainage is required. This was based on a retrospective study in 74 patients that was published almost 4 decades ago [4] , which reported signs of a tension component in 95% and a high mortality rate of 30% if drainage was delayed. However, in the observational study by Wu et al. [5...

among 2357 prenant women at tehran valiasr hospital, 99 women under 18 years with their 102 neonates were evaluated retrospectively during aprill 1999 to april 2000. frequency of adolescent pregnancy was detected in 41.5 per 1000 live birth 7 (7.1%) of mothers had preeclampisa, 7 thyroidal diseases, 3 valvular heart diseases, 2 urinary tract infections and 20.3% of women had prolonged rupture o...

Prevention of nosocomial pneumonia (NP) is the most important step towards reducing hospitalisation costs. The non-antibiotic prevention strategies include measures related to the correct care of the artificial airway, strategies related directly to the maintenance of the mechanical ventilator and the equipment, strategies focused in the gastrointestinal tract, and strategies related to the pos...

OBJECTIVE Ventilator-associated event surveillance was introduced in the National Healthcare Safety Network in 2013, replacing surveillance for ventilator-associated pneumonia in adult inpatient locations. We determined incidence rates and characteristics of ventilator-associated events reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS We analyzed data reported...