Using a lung and diaphragm protective ventilation strategy guided by a computerized decision support tool during the acute phase of ventilation shortened the duration of weaning, a pediatric phase II ...

EXTON, Pa., Feb. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lungpacer Medical, a neurostimulation company dedicated to developing innovative interventional therapies to free patients from mechanical ventilation (MV ...

Researchers from Amsterdam UMC have found a new mechanism explaining diaphragm weakness that arises during mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit (ICU). The diaphragm is the most important ...

Diaphragm dysfunction is a critical concern in respiratory care that can significantly hinder the success of mechanical ventilation. Prolonged ventilation may lead to ventilator-induced diaphragm ...

A study presents evidence that mitochondrial fragmentation is a proximal mechanism underlying ventilator-induced diaphragm dysfunction (VIDD)—and identifies a possible therapeutic to limit diaphragm ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A little over 1 year after COVID-19 hospitalization, exertional dyspnea was reported in many patients. Patients ...

Dr. Robinder Khemani, Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine,Children's Hospital Los Angeles led study evaluating computerized ventilation for pediatric acute respiratory distress ...

Oberlin-based Synapse Biomedical recently secured U.S. Food and Drug Administration premarket approval for its diaphragm pacing system for use in patients with spinal cord injuries (SCI) who rely on ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — After a spinal cord injury left him paralyzed and dependent on a mechanical ventilator for every breath, Laszlo Nagy had nothing left to lose. In 2002 Nagy, 57, became one of the ...

CLEVELAND — Medical technology that was created in Cleveland has been given emergency approval by the FDA to help patients wean off ventilators. Oberlin-based Synapse Biomedical, working with ...

Ventilator use atrophies the diaphragm, the muscle we use for breathing. The Lungpacer is designed to help coax it back to work, to enhance recovery. Through a catheter (on the right), the Lungpacer ...