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Deputy Geral Ramirez, 30, was taken to Wellington Regional Medical Center, where he briefly was on a ventilator. He had just finished his work shift in Boca Raton, spokesman Pete Palenzuela said. (The Palm Beach Post)
Dengue claims 7th life Oct 29, 2008
By Tuesday afternoon, she had lost consciousness and the doctors contemplated putting her on a ventilator ... "The doctors said her condition was very serious. But before she could be put on the ventilator she died," said councillor of ward number 93 Ratan Dey, who visited the hospital. (Times of India)
Friends rally to aid man paralyzed in freak accident Oct 29, 2008
Although paralyzed from the shoulders down and on a ventilator the rest of his life, he is able to talk through a special valve in the ventilator and he blows into a straw to control his wheelchair. His spirits are way better than what we expected, Waite said. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Stidd family remains optimistic during recovery Oct 28, 2008
November 2006: Stidd is weaned off his ventilator and can breathe on his own December 2006: Stidd begins twice-daily rehabilitation, including speech and motor skills therapy Dec. 25, 2006: Stidd spends his 21st birthday confined to bed Feb. 1, 2007: Stidd speaks first word since accident: Mom Nov. 13, 2007: Torsell is sentenced to more than five to eight years in prison Dec. 1, 2007: Stidd moves back home to Huntingdon after 14 months in the hospital Sept. 12 2008: Smith s family files a... (Daily Collegian, PA)
Sharon the 'Lion' Between Life and Death Oct 28, 2008
Gissen says that he is not reliant on a ventilator, but that sometimes at night an oxygen mask is placed across his face to help him breathe. He is fed intravenously and only a handful of people are allowed to visit him. (ABC News)
Short lives revealed Oct 27, 2008
Surgery presented a terrible risk: that a complication would require the baby to be placed on a ventilator where she could live indefinitely, but perhaps in more pain. The doctors recommended that Heling's code status be changed to DNR.. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
How To Cut Health Care Costs Oct 27, 2008
Shortly after Christopher Parks' father died, as a result of a severe lung disease, Parks' mother sat down to pay a $20,000 bill for her husband's ventilator use. Lucky for her, Parks, co-founder and CEO of Change:Healthcare, a technology firm that promotes transparency in health care, and a co-author of My Healthcare Is Killing Me, realized that Medicare had wrongly flagged the invoice as a workers' compensation claim and denied it. (Forbes)
As life ebbs, healing music flows Oct 26, 2008
Over the sounds of the ventilator pushing out oxygen, Hollis played the harp. The music seemed to ease out words and stories from Harmon's family. (Boston Globe)
Surgery at birth fixes tiny Noah's tummy Oct 26, 2008
Once the silo was removed, the skin was closed up and all the tubes and ventilator were removed. Ms Hammond and her partner Matt Smallman, 22, finally got to hold their baby when he was seven-days old. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
USD coach to celebrate victory over leukemia Oct 25, 2008
He was put into a drug-induced coma, placed on a ventilator and transferred to the intensive-care unit. A healthy oxygen-saturation test typically scores in the high 90s to the 100s. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
E-nose can 'sniff' out deadly bug Oct 25, 2008
It is being tested on intensive care patients on ventilators who are at risk of contracting pneumonia from the very equipment helping them to breathe ... Patients given artificial breathing are most at risk of contracting Ventilator Acquired Pneumonia (VAP) ... The consultant in charge of critical care at the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Chris Roberts, said: "The problem is the patient on a ventilator needs to be sedated and have a tube pushed down their nose and by being sedated they are... (BBC News -- Health)
Listeria agony described Oct 23, 2008
"I had to make a choice whether to have my mother put on a ventilator, which really scared me," Gosselin's affidavit says. "I really thought she was going to die that day.". (Toronto Star)
Blood Donors Save Tulsa Boy's Life Oct 23, 2008
He had to stay on the ventilator for 23 days. The bad part was he was going through chemotherapy so he wasnt able to carry oxygen to his body. (FOX23.com, OK)
Teen still recovering Oct 23, 2008
Her daughter can now squeeze her hand or wiggle her toes when asked, but she's still on a ventilator and cannot speak or write. The teen doesn't yet know her boyfriend didn't make it, Angie said, and she said she won't tell her until she's doing better. (Odessa American, TX)
In Charli Anna's name Oct 22, 2008
Charli Anna was taken off of the life support machine after three days but remained on the ventilator for several more days ... Soon after, the baby ended up back on CICU on a ventilator. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
One year later: Reclaiming their lives Oct 20, 2008
Booth said she was particularly concerned about daughter Alexis, now 16, who relies on a ventilator and is largely paralyzed because of cysts on her brain stem and spine. The fire destroyed the Booths' home and the equipment for their pump-servicing company. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Police arrest man suspected of shooting Jaguars' Collier Oct 20, 2008
The 26-year-old was on a ventilator for two weeks and endured infections, bouts of pneumonia and renal failure. He has no recollection of the shooting. (USA Today -- Sports)
McCain and abortion 'health' rules Oct 18, 2008
A child that breathes through a ventilator is still a child. Ac child that takes nourishment through the mother is still a child. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Priyaranjan Dasmunsi's condition stable: Doctors Oct 18, 2008
The minister was taken off the ventilator and his vital parameters, including blood pressure and heart rate are stable. His blood sugar is under control, kidneys are functioning normal and urine output is also normal, he said. (India Times, India -- Community News)
State releases raw-milk report Oct 18, 2008 Unassuming heroine saves mother's life Oct 17, 2008 Meyers in need of a break Oct 17, 2008 Local driver John Westbrook recovering slowly Oct 16, 2008 Dasmunsi shows no clinical improvement: Doctors Oct 16, 2008 Dasmunsi still on life support in AIIMS Oct 14, 2008 Priyaranjan Dasmunsi stable but still on respiratory support Oct 14, 2008 I&B minister Dasmunsi continues to be critical Oct 14, 2008 Tragic illness couldn't take away a Metairie boy's childhood, but a tragic accident took his life Oct 13, 2008 P R Dasmunsi admitted to AIIMS; condition serious Oct 13, 2008 Dasmunsi admitted to AIIMS Oct 13, 2008 Smeaton Is 'Stable' After Alert Oct 13, 2008 'Miraculous recovery' for six-year-old boy rescued from ditch Oct 13, 2008 John Smeaton's fiance on her prayers for the sick hero Oct 12, 2008 Early Mobility Best for ICU Patients Oct 10, 2008 Assault charges are filed against Mt. Lake man Oct 10, 2008 Hospitals recognized for organ donations Oct 8, 2008 Respiratory illness kills woman in Southeast Oct 8, 2008 Health officials investigate respiratory illnesses, death Oct 8, 2008 Make a Living Will Part of your Pla... Oct 7, 2008 91-year-old dies weeks after SUV crashed through bedroom window Oct 7, 2008 Hospital fined for needless tests Oct 6, 2008 Even lawyers, city officials defy ban Oct 5, 2008 It's not always cranky at Frankie's Oct 5, 2008 Young Ochelata boy receives heart transplant (526) Oct 4, 2008 Through it all, 'ER' won her heart Sep 25, 2008 Wilbur climbs back into drivers seat Sep 25, 2008 Family celebrates with hospital staff that saved baby’s life Sep 25, 2008 Uneasy mix between cell phone cameras, hospitals Sep 25, 2008 Dengue claims its second victim Sep 25, 2008 Dearborn police named in $20 million assault suit Sep 24, 2008 Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Reports Financial Results for the First Quarter Ended June 30, 2008 Sep 22, 2008 Wetumpka man arrested after critical attack on father, brother Sep 20, 2008 Children just left apartment before SUV crash that injured 'Granny' Sep 20, 2008 Boxer wakes up after two months in coma Sep 19, 2008 Woman who went for tubectomy gets urinary bladder cut Sep 18, 2008 When Healing Hurts Sep 18, 2008 Harrison County foundation awards $1 million in grants Sep 17, 2008 Barnes out of ICU Sep 17, 2008 Sharp Grossmont gets the all-clear Sep 14, 2008 Doctors' strike Sep 13, 2008 SUV ignites house fire in Sparks injuring one Sep 13, 2008 More West Nile virus detected in Brookline Sep 12, 2008 US Air Force Technology Helps Scientists Understand Plant Root Function Sep 10, 2008 Today's Cheer: Saving a baby Sep 7, 2008 Ga. Commissioner Closes Speedway Sep 5, 2008 Premature baby evacuated from New Orleans and his family reunited at UAB Hospital Sep 5, 2008 Babies In ICU After Left In Truck For 8 Hours Sep 3, 2008 Two Injured, One Dead at Cochran Motor Speedway Sep 3, 2008 March of Dimes hero to Reece Sep 3, 2008 Mom charged after toddlers left in hot car Sep 3, 2008 Never normal Sep 2, 2008 Yuma Marine's wife blogs to update friends, family on injured husband's condition Aug 31, 2008 Endurance sports lose one of legendary twins Aug 29, 2008 Triathlete dies after bike crash in Santa Barbara Aug 29, 2008 Wreck claims second victim Aug 29, 2008 End-of-Life Choices a Complicated Affair Aug 29, 2008 San Diego triathlete dies from bike accident injuries Aug 28, 2008 16-yr-old found dead in DPS hostel premises Aug 28, 2008 Husband Gets Guardianship In Schiavo-like Case Aug 28, 2008 Vital organs Aug 27, 2008 Nurses' Notes - Fine-tuning can solve breast-feeding issues Aug 27, 2008 Spiritualized - Songs in A&E Album ... Aug 26, 2008 Health Snapshots Aug 26, 2008 Scariest Hospital Risks Aug 26, 2008
"She's still not doing well. She is still ventilator-dependent," Marler said of Tardiff ... where she was placed on a mechanical ventilator ... She remained on the ventilator until Sept. 16, more than three months after developing symptoms. (Daily Triplicate)
Get Moving: New Research Shows Early Mobility Better Than Bed Rest For ICU Patients Oct 17, 2008
A systematic review by Needham and colleagues found that across 24 studies, focused on ICU patients with sepsis, prolonged mechanical ventilation and multiple organ failure, 46 percent of 1,421 patients had neuromuscular dysfunction that was associated with extended use of mechanical ventilation and longer stays in the ICU. Other studies Needham reviewed showed that early physical medicine and rehabilitation therapy, while patients are on life support in the ICU, can safely allow patients to get... (Science Daily)
I fell down and the next thing I knew I woke up on a ventilator at BMC (Bogalusa Medical Center). I had died. (Bogalusa Daily News, LA)
Doctors removed McKenney's ventilator and he has been breathing on his own. He was scheduled to move out of ICU and into the general hospital. (Fresno Bee -- Sports)
He was taken off the ventilator last weekend and began eating solid foods on Monday, after five weeks of a popsicle diet. Hes packing it away, said his father on Tuesday afternoon. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
However, the 62-year-old minister was taken off the ventilator and his vital parameters including blood pressure, heart rate are stable. His blood sugar is under control, kidneys are functioning normal and urine output is also normal, he said. (India Times, India -- Community News)
He is currently on a ventilator at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences ... He was put on the ventilator. (NDTV.com)
He was put on a ventilator. This was his second heart attack in three months. (India Times, India -- Community News)
"His blood pressure, pulse rate and respiration have been recovered. But he is still on ventilator," Dr Behl said. 62-year-old Dasmunsi was admitted to AIIMS on Monday with complete left ventricular failure of the heart. (India Times, India -- Community News)
For nearly three years, little Owen Bushland bravely battled a myriad of congenital heart defects -- ailments that required open-heart surgery, the insertion of a pacemaker, a tracheostomy and dependence on a ventilator. Through it all, his mother, Leah Bushland never once asked "Why?". (Nola.com -- Sports)
Doctors looking after him said his condition was serious and he had been put on a ventilator. This is the second time in three months that Dasmunsi has suffered a heart attack. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Doctors said his condition is serious and he has been put on ventilator. "He had a complete left ventricular failure of the heart when he was admitted," said AIIMS spokesperson Y K Gupta. (Sify.com, India)
He is unconscious and on a ventilator. Smeaton shot to fame after attempting to foil the Glasgow airport attack last June. (Glasgow Daily Record)
Phillip Baehne of Central Point says his son, Luke, was removed from a ventilator on Friday. Doernbecher Children's Hospital in Portland has upgraded his condition from critical to serious. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
" John was yesterday said to be in a "serious but stable" condition. Sunday Mail doctor Gareth Smith said: "It must have been a very severe attack if he's in intensive care, where he will be on a ventilator to pump oxygen into his lungs. " Smeaton met Christy at a Scottish Society event in New York last September. Speaking about her, he said: "Christy is the best thing that has ever happened to me. (Glasgow Sunday Mail)
This leads to less time on a ventilator and a shorter stay in the ICU, he said. According to Needham, hospitalized soldiers in World War II were encouraged to move about as a means of getting them quickly back to the battlefield. (MEDLINEplus)
The complaint stated that Khekitisack is alive with the aid of a ventilator and there is swelling of the brain. Authorities from the Mt. Lake Police Department and Cottonwood County Sheriffs Department were called to an alley behind 1310 Third Ave. in Mt. Lake at 5:40 p.m., Thursday. (Mt. Lake Observer/Advocate, MN)
Potential donors are identified by characteristics such as their levels of consciousness, being on a ventilator and having had neurological incidents such as severe strokes or head injuries. When a team of physicians and nurses identifies a patient who may become a donor, a call is made within an hour to Gift of Life of Michigan, which determines the medical eligibility of patients and talks with families about donating a family member's organs. (Kalamazoo Gazette, MI)
VIRUS: One other victim on ventilator in an Anchorage hospital ... A respiratory illness likely caused by a virus circulating on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska has killed one person and put another on a ventilator in an Anchorage hospital, the state Division of Public Health said Monday ... Seven of the 32 cases were severe enough to warrant medevacs to hospitals in surrounding communities, including one patient who was taken to Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage to be put on... (Anchorage Daily News)
ANCHORAGE - A respiratory illness that health officials say likely was caused by a virus circulating on Prince of Wales Island has killed one person and put another on a ventilator in an Anchorage hospital ... ANCHORAGE - A respiratory illness that health officials say likely was caused by a virus circulating on Prince of Wales Island has killed one person and put another on a ventilator in an Anchorage hospital ... One patient was flown to Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage and put on a... (Juneau Empire)
Mechanical respiration (ventilator). Antibiotics. (Suite101.com)
The ventilator was taken out Thursday and as soon as it was taken out, she opened her eyes, said Ashman. Six adults and a baby, all family or close friends, were in the room at the time. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
The plea of the hospital that the patient was stable on August 19 and but when he was re-admitted, his condition was critical and had to be on a ventilator. Hence tests like bronchoscopy and further examinations were necessary, it added. (India Times, India)
"At least 60% of the business has been hit. This place is almost full during lunch hour but at this time one can literally count the number of people. We are abiding the law and have made our place a completely non-smoking area. We are left with no choice but to plan a smoking room with separate ventilator," said Anil Chaurasiya, manager, Cafe Morrisson. In some places, the pub owners actually went a step further, and asked some customers to leave. (Times of India)
"I went back to the hospital six months after the birth and spoke to them about what they needed, and it's a $60,000 ventilator.". The October 29 morning tea to be held at the Mercure Sydney has already attracted generous support, including a cash donation of $10,000. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
He s still on the ventilator. He s been on it for five months, she said. (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, OK)
After the giddy high of that first season, when we were both still young and George Clooney was just starting to work his head-down, eyebrows-up magic, the show settled into familiar patterns, and the passion waxed and waned like a ventilator. Sometimes things got messy - explosions, hostage takings, ill-conceived love affairs - and I was embarrassed by my devotion. (Boston Globe)
Westbrook underwent a tracheotomy last Wednesday as doctors have been weening him off of the ventilator each day. John is fully alert but faces a long recovery. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
She underwent surgery one week later and was on a ventilator for 20 days. She stayed in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for 23 days. (Enumclaw Courier Herald, WA)
The devices were most recently exonerated in a study by researchers at the Mayo Clinic, only to be fingered for causing myriad "incidents" in devices that including switching off and restarting a mechanical ventilator and stopping a syringe pump without setting off an alarm in a Dutch study, both published in 2007. Still, the general impression is that today's cell phones and other personal communicators produce such a low electronic signature that they won't interfere with medical gear, but... (Scripps Howard News Wire)
The girl had been admitted to the nursing home on Tuesday night in a critical condition and was kept on ventilator support. Indrani is the second dengue victim in the city this season. (Times of India)
The Detroit resident has been comatose and on a ventilator since the June 15 incident ... Later that evening, a nurse from Oakwood Hospital came into the Allen Park Police Station and informed the officers that Griglen was in critical condition and on a ventilator from a head bleed. (Dearborn Press and Guide)
However, sales for the eVent Company declined because of delays in the redesign of artificial ventilators that they sell ... The Group also recorded an operating loss of 172 million yen since aggressive investments were continuously made to grow the eVent Company's artificial ventilator business. (JCN Network, Japan)
The father, Charles Edward Clark, is on a ventilator Friday. Police have requested no bond be set in the case. (WSJA.com, AL)
Ely, who has a pacemaker, has been largely unresponsive, but Ashman said shes acting like shes fighting against the ventilator, indicating she knows its there. . (The Pantagraph newspaper)
"He is now off the ventilator and breathing on his own.". advertisement. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Their advisory prior to the surgery demanded all sorts of emergency measures including a ventilator. There is terrible pain in my legs and abdomen. (Times of India)
Sedation might lead to disturbing nightmares, but it's nevertheless needed by patients on a mechanical ventilator and can't be eliminated because otherwise the treatment would be intolerable and the patient's oxygen demand would increase unacceptably. But we can be sensitive to the patient's physical circumstances in the ICU and make a serious effort to decrease the nighttime noise and light that interfere with restful sleep. (Slate)
Larger grants include a $90,000 contribution to The Children s Hospital Foundation in Louisville to buy a ventilator and incubator for the Baby Buggy ambulance, and an $85,585 grant to the Indian Creek Trail to extend the trail 1,501 feet to the YMCA of Harrison County. Other large grants included $75,000 to the Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana to renovate the Stem Adventure Center near Laconia and $75,000 to Harrison County Community Services. (Louisville Business First, KY)
"The doctor said Barnes had suffered "an apparent severe hyperthermic episode" during the swimming practice. The statement marked the first time the university has revealed what caused her collapse.Hyperthermia is a condition that occurs when the body produces or absorbs more heat than it can dissipate, causing the body temperature to climb uncontrollably. It is sometimes referred to as heat stroke or sun stroke in its advanced stages.Barnes was pulled from the water that afternoon by coaches,... (News & Observer -- Sports)
The deficiencies at Sharp Grossmont first came to light in April, a few weeks after Larry Napolis, a 45-year-old heart attack victim, was placed on a ventilator in the hospital's catheterization lab. The ventilator was not turned on, said state health investigators and the San Diego County medical examiner. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
At the end of the ward, 26-year-old Um Givara cradles her baby, waiting for the use of a ventilator. "We're all worried about this strike because our sick children need doctors and nurses to look after them," she says. (BBC News -- Health)
Hernandez is currently listed in critical condition and on a ventilator at University of California, Davis Burn Unit, where he will remain for "couple of days," Finley said. SUV ignites house fire in Sparks injuring one. (KRNV.com, NV)
In severe cases, intensive medical therapy such as intravenous fluids and nutrition, and ventilator support, can be administered in hospitals. What is Brookline doing to protect residents. (Brookline TAB, MA)
Doctors can now keep patients who are in respiratory care safer with a new kind of ventilator. Ventilator oxygen is completely dry and needs to be. (Science Daily)
Bonnie, in fact, paid scant attention when they wheeled little Daniel (and his ventilator) into the neonatal unit at Wolfson Children's Hospital, where she worked. She was busy with another premature child, and Daniel was assigned to a different nurse. (Florida Times-Union)
She was put on a ventilator and, upon examination at the Medical Center, found to have no brain activity. Nobles was pronounced dead at around 2:30 p.m. on Monday. (Dublin Courier Herald, GA)
In New Orleans he had gotten off a ventilator, but was put back on one for the flight to Birmingham. He went back on the ventilator again Tuesday after his abdomen filled with gas, but the doctor taking care of him expects that to be a minor problem. (AL.com)
One of the boys was placed on a ventilator. Mendoza told detectives that she had been drinking at the party. (Click2Houston, TX)
Nobles spent two nights in the hospital on a ventilator with no brain activity. She was pronounced dead at around 2:30 p.m. on Monday. (Dublin Courier Herald, GA)
He was connected to an oxygen ventilator for four and one-half weeks and then graduated to a CPAP machine and finally oxygen, which he relied on for another three months once he went home. As a result of his early birth, Reece also developed retinopathy of prematurity, a scarring of the retina, and had difficulties taking a bottle. (Newport Daily Independent, AR)
One boy is on a ventilator. Sierra said the children's mother, 20-year-old Sandra Mendoza, tried to get help by knocking on the neighbor's door and spraying the children down with water. (KHOU.com, TX)
Within hours he was struggling to pull out the ventilator and within just days was eating, drinking and playing like any normal child. But he is not normal. (BBC News -- Health)
He has since successfully fought his way back to breathing without a ventilator but is still currently paralyzed below the shoulders ... He is now able to breathe on his own, an accomplishment that only came after a long battle involving longer and longer periods off the ventilator. (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
She was breathing with the aid of a ventilator ... Warren's twin sister, Angelika Drake, said Warren decided she wanted to be taken off the ventilator and die. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Warren, of San Diego, died Tuesday at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital when her family told doctors to take her off a ventilator, her twin sister Angelika Drake told the San Diego Union-Tribune ... Warren was paralyzed from the neck down and was breathing with the aid of the ventilator. (MSNBC -- Sports)
According to Norton s brother, Brandon Norton, Jessica was pronounced dead after being removed from a ventilator on Wednesday. He also said Jessica was a registered as an organ donor with the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles and the family was following her wishes. (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)
"Going further with treatment like, you know, trach and G-tube and these sorts of things, and likely ventilator dependence, was just futile . . . just inappropriate, just not right for the patient.". Torke said she could think of two possible responses to her findings. (Health-Finder)
Warren's injuries required her to breathe via a ventilator ... Warren's twin sister, Angelika, said Barbara determined she wanted to be taken off the ventilator. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
School authorities claimed that she jumped from the bathroom of the hostel in fifth floor after closing the door from inside and removing the mesh of the ventilator. However, the girl's guardian -- Durgesh Pandey -- cried foul and said that the police needs to investigate in this case. (Times Now.tv)
"The injunction says he (Raymond Weber) has to adhere to reasonable medical advice, but he can make those decisions as long as the feeding tube and ventilator are kept in place," said John Cook, an attorney appointed by the court to represent Karen Weber, who does not have a living will and cannot talk. Tatro had been given temporary emergency guardianship over her daughter last week, but the judge on Wednesday handed it to Weber's husband, pending another guardianship hearing next week at which... (CBS News -- US)
The donor usually must die in the hospital and be on ventilator support. They also must be stable before death, with no uncontrolled bleeding or infection. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
People with moderate head injuries - those who were hospitalized but not in intensive care on a ventilator for days to weeks, for example - have more problems ... Those with severe head injuries - the critical patient on a ventilator for days to weeks - have the worst outcomes. (Missoulian, MT)
By far the most exceptional song on the album is the shivery Death Take Your Fiddle , in which Pierce croaks over the creepy sound effect of an artificial ventilator (was it his own. I think I ll drink myself into a coma/and I ll take every way out I can find/with morphine, codeine, whiskey they won t alter/the way I feel now that death is not around. (Suite101.com)
Often, a balanced system involves a powered heat recovery or energy recovery ventilator (HRV or ERV). Think about going with a stand-alone de-humidifier. (Montana Standard, MT)
Born of bacteria that collect and live in ventilator machines that keep patients breathing, these potential killers were once accepted as a cost of doing business, but today hyper-vigilant hospitals can go months or years between cases ... At Cincinnati Children's Hospital, he increased the number of surgeries conducted by evening out the flow; at the same time, the number of nasty complications like ventilator pneumonia and surgical errors went down. (Forbes)
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