by Medgadget Editors | Apr 29, 2020 | Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Public Health
Because of the common expectation that ventilators would be in dire shortage during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many teams around the world have developed simple ventilators that utilize bag valve masks (AmbuBags) to pump air in and out of the lungs. Most of these...
by Cici Zhou | Apr 27, 2020 | Anesthesiology, Cardiology, Critical Care, Medicine, Neurology, Public Health, Rehab, Surgery
Lungpacer Medical, based in Vancouver, Canada, announced that its Diaphragm Pacing Therapy (DPT) System received FDA Emergency Use Authorization for use in weaning COVID-19 patients off of ventilators. Patients on prolonged mechanical ventilation may experience...
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