Intermittent positive-pressure breathing is an essential measure in the treatment of all manner of respiratory problems. Soon after its introduction less than twenty years ago adverse effects on the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Noninvasive ventilation after extubation for critically ill patients with obesity led to less instances of ...

To the Editor: In an article entitled "Pulmonary Complications and Water Retention in Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation" Sladen et al. 1 mention that many investigators have studied the effects of ...

There are two pulmonary services that are a large source of lost revenue for medical practices and urgent care centers. The first is a nebulizer treatment and the medication used in the treatment, and ...

Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) and nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV), forms of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) for respiratory support, are increasingly being ...