It is safe to treat stable, chronic ventilator-dependent patients in their homes. [5] Home care is less costly than acute care. Guber and colleagues reported that home mechanical ventilation was as ...

Home ventilator use (at hospital discharge, 6 and 12 months of age), inhaled steroid use (at 12 and 24 months of age), oxygen dependence (at 6 and 12 months of age) and tracheostomy (at discharge, 6 ...

Stephanie Cilento, a young woman who often struggles to breathe and who needs a feeding tube for nutrition, is a member of a quietly growing population: Young people with medically complex conditions ...

Trent Borland takes a deep breath and begins to talk. "It feels so good to be able to do that," says the father of two young girls who has relied on a mechanical ventilator since a surgery on ...

The Progressive Care Unit at Tampa General Hospital has generated impressive results, including an 83% ventilator weaning rate and 75% reduction in readmissions. A unique partnership at Tampa General ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Objective. To determine the clinical and financial outcomes of a highly structured multidisciplinary care model for patients in an intensive ...

For the second time in a year, the state has faulted the same St. Paul nursing home for failing to respond in a timely manner to the ventilator alarm of a resident who died. According to a report made ...

SHREVEPORT, LA (KTBS) — Sometimes, there is a happy ending. But a couple of months ago, the story of Bossier City’s DeShae Lott Sadow didn’t seem to be headed that way. However, thanks to heightened ...

A Chinese man who can move only one finger and one toe has shown how determination and learning can change lives. Despite ...

1. The patient must be medically stable. They must not have untreated sepsis, hemodynamic instability, uncontrolled arrhythmia, or any other medical or surgical condition that will require readmission ...