Once all of the pre-discharge criteria are met, the process of training the patient and caregivers on the home care equipment and techniques related to treating the patient on the ventilator can begin ...

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This study explores the association between receiving noninvasive ventilation at home and mortality, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

It can result from many common things: car accidents, strokes, falls, pneumonia, among others. Some victims of those things lose their ability to breathe. In that case, they become dependent on a ...

MARKHAM, ON, Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) today announced the Canadian launch of the Philips Respironics V680 Ventilator for hospital respiratory care, offering both ...

The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India led to a medical infrastructure crisis and exposed the shortcomings in the country's healthcare system. One of the most obvious challenges was the ...