Mechanical Ventilation News

• Could Vitamin D Supplementation Help in Long COVID? If confirmed in large randomized clinical trials, vitamin D supplementation could be a strategy to reduce the burden of long COVID, say researchers, as suggested by a new retrospective study.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2023
• Forgotten but Not Gone: EVALI Epidemic Continues Patients are still suffering from the effects of lung damage linked to vaping, and have been largely ignored by researchers and the US government.
  Medscape Medical News, April 17, 2023
• Philips Clarifies Respiratory Device Replacement Numbers After New FDA Rebuke Philips clarified on Friday that 2.2 million devices it has repaired or replaced in a major recall of respiratory devices are actually in the hands of patients in the United States.
  Reuters Health Information, April 14, 2023
• FDA Identifies Recall of Philips' Respiratory Devices as Most Serious The FDA on Friday classified the recall of Philips' respiratory machines as its most serious type, as their use could cause serious injuries or death.
  Reuters Health Information, April 07, 2023
• Philips Expects to Reach Recall Settlements This Year Dutch health technology company Philips expects to reach settlements this year relating to its global recall of respiratory devices, CEO Roy Jakobs said in an interview.
  Reuters Health Information, March 30, 2023
• Candida auris Fungus Spreading in US Hospitals: CDC Potentially deadly fungal infections with Candida auris are spreading rapidly in US healthcare facilities, with cases nearly doubling between 2020 and 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
  Reuters Health Information, March 21, 2023
• A Surfing PA Leads an Intense Beach Rescue When an older surfer collapses in shallow water, an emergency medicine physician assistant drops her surfboard and goes to work.
  Medscape Medical News, March 10, 2023
• How Will the Italian Regional Elections Affect Healthcare? Lombardy, which was the European epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, re-elected its right-wing local government.
  Medscape Medical News, March 06, 2023
• ACC/WCC 2023 Mini-Invasive MV Repair as Safe, Effective as Sternotomy Surgery Patient recovery at 12 weeks and safety outcomes were similar for the two techniques in patients with degenerative mitral valve disease. But the minimally invasive approach had other benefits.
  Medscape Medical News, March 05, 2023
• Early Mobilization May Reduce Cognitive Risk in Critical Care Patients who had earlier physical and occupational therapy in the ICU also demonstrated less neuromuscular weakness than did controls who started therapy later.
  Medscape Medical News, March 03, 2023
• New Tx Approach for Immunotherapy-Induced Myocarditis A novel combination of high-dose abatacept, ruxolitinib, and mechanical ventilation markedly improved immunotherapy-induced myocarditis survival over current guideline-recommended treatment.
  Medscape Medical News, March 01, 2023
• Reimagining Public Health: It's Time, but Is It Possible? As battered institutions assess the damage of the pandemic, the United States has an opportunity to transform the system that got us here.
  Medscape Medical News, February 23, 2023
• SCCM 2023 Prone Positioning Curbs Intubation in Some COVID-19 Patients A subgroup analysis also showed that intubation risk was reduced for patients supported by high-flow nasal cannula or noninvasive ventilation.
  Medscape Medical News, February 22, 2023
• FDA Classifies Recall of Respiratory Devices as Most Serious The FDA on Thursday classified the recall of Dutch medical devices maker Philips' respiratory machines as most serious, saying their use could lead to injuries or death.
  Reuters Health Information, February 16, 2023
• Paxlovid Doesn’t Increase Risk for Rebound COVID Infection: Study The findings offer clarity amid concerns that the use of Paxlovid increased the risk for COVID-19 rebound.
  WebMD Health News, February 15, 2023
• SCCM 2023 Methylene Blue Adds Value in Treating Septic Shock Intravenous methylene blue significantly shortened time to shock reversal in patients within 24 hours of septic shock.
  Medscape Medical News, February 15, 2023
• Acute Cardiac Events Common During COVID Hospitalization Acute cardiac events are common among adults hospitalized for COVID-19 and are associated with more severe outcomes, new results show.
  Medscape Medical News, February 06, 2023
• Three Wild Health Technologies in (or Close to) Clinical Trials If you thought AI was remarkable, just wait until you see these.
  WebMD Health News, February 03, 2023
• Q&A With Long COVID Patient, Researcher: Treatments Lagging The co-author of a new study on long COVID is also a long COVID patient. She shares her story as a patient and of her work to study its origins, what we know, and what we need to do.
  Medscape Medical News, January 25, 2023
• COVID Dramatically Increases Death Risk During Pregnancy: Study Women infected with SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy are seven times more likely to die during childbirth or during the pregnancy than uninfected pregnant women.
  WebMD Health News, January 17, 2023