Each catheter also has three pressure sensing ports along the ventral surface of the catheter that transmit the local pressure in the nasal cavity to the control unit. The control unit also has a ...

THE need to lessen hypoxemia during acute episodes of worsened respiratory failure in patients with chronic obstructive lung disease is generally accepted. This situation poses a special problem in ...

A nasal cannula is a medical device that provides supplemental oxygen therapy to people who have lower oxygen levels. There are two types of nasal cannulas: low flow and high flow. The device has two ...

Study finds that high-flow nasal oxygen therapy is as effective as traditional noninvasive ventilation and a better alternative (1 Trusted Source High-Flow Nasal Oxygen vs Noninvasive Ventilation in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with severe interstitial lung disease who received heated and humidified nasal high-flow oxygen therapy ...

In the setting of acute respiratory failure, patients may generate inspiratory flow rates greater than the flow capacity of conventional oxygen devices. Entrainment of room air may occur, diluting the ...

In the days before widespread use of intermittent positive-pressure breathing for resuscitation of patients with chronic lung disease, oxygen toxicity was not a significant problem in hospital ...

The use of high-flow nasal oxygen in treating critical Covid-19 patients could yield higher recoveries. Recently, a team of clinicians at the Tygerberg Hospital Covid-19 treatment facility used ...

To measure the intrapharyngeal pressure (IPP) generated by high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) at varying flow rates up to 5 l min −1. We studied 14 infants on HFNC or ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a new study, the use of CPAP and high-flow nasal oxygen to treat patients with moderate to severe COVID-19 ...