Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is the mainstay to treat patients who need augmentation of
ventilation for acute and chronic forms of respiratory failure. The last several decades has …

After induction, but before intubation, many general anesthesia patients are manually bag-
mask ventilated. The objective of this study was to determine the efficacy of bag-mask …

The emergence of COVID-19 resulted in significant shortages of mechanical ventilators
globally. This prompted investigations into developing new, cost-effective methods for …

INTRODUCTION: Noninvasive ventilation refers to the delivery of positive pressure
ventilation via a mask or “interface” rather than via an invasive conduit. Until recently …

NIV therapy is used to provide positive pressure ventilation for patients. There are protocols
describing what ventilator settings to use to initialize NIV; however, the guidelines for titrating …

As technology continues to develop, a wide range of novel and nontraditional modes of
mechanical ventilation have become available for the management of critically ill patients …

Traditionally, endotracheal intubationhas been used as a treatment for patients with
respiratory failure who require mechanical ventilation. Although intubation can be lifesaving …

Objective Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is often applied with ICU ventilators. However, leaks
at the patient-ventilator interface interfere with several key ventilator functions. Many ICU …

Continuous positive airway pressure devices are routinely used to treat sleep breathing
disorders. Automated devices that adjust the therapeutic pressure have recently been …