NFL player's dad hospitalized after alleged police beating Nov 20, 2008
He still can't speak because he has a ventilator down his throat, but relatives said he wrote down on paper towels what happened to him. 11 NEWS. (KHOU.com, TX)
Gene Chips Accurately Detect Pneumonia In ICU Patients On Ventilators Nov 19, 2008
18, 2008) Even seasoned doctors have a difficult time diagnosing pneumonia in hospitalized patients breathing with the assistance of a ventilator ... Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report they have validated the use of gene chip technology to rapidly and accurately detect pneumonia associated with ventilator use in hospitalized patients ... While more testing is needed among larger patient groups, their work suggests gene chips may lead to early, more... (Science Daily)
Watching the 1lb 6oz baby growing up Nov 18, 2008
Other setbacks included broken ribs suffered when Kaven was taken off a ventilator and two fractured legs which his mother and medical staff believe may have been sustained when his nappy was being changed. He also suffered a bleed on the brain. (BBC News -- Health)
• Tiny Idaho infant struggles for survival Nov 18, 2008
Tiny Idaho infant struggles for survival POCATELLO, Idaho - An eastern Idaho infant who weighed 1 pound, 4 ounces when she was born late last month is improving and could be taken off a ventilator next week, family members say. The girl was born Oct. 23, 10 weeks early, at the Portneuf Medical Center. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Helping hands and hearts: Ronald McDonald House's anniversary Nov 18, 2008
A ventilator has kept him alive while he grows strong enough to endure corrective surgery to lower the spleen to the proper location, which should take place soon. "Yesterday was the first time the doctor said 'home' about Jared," Good said. (Florida Times-Union)
Hasidic boy in legal fight over life support buried Nov 17, 2008
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Brain-dead boy at center of controversy dies Nov 17, 2008
Parents clashed with hospitalHis parents, who are Orthodox Jews, had clashed with the hospital over the hospital's desire to disconnect the ventilator. Although Motl had been pronounced dead, his heart was still beating with the help of a cocktail of intravenous drugs and adrenaline. (MSNBC -- Politics)
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8 pounds and doctors expect to remove her from the ventilator next week. "She's a little fighter. She really wants to be here," Pratt said. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Boy Whose Religious Parents Battled Hospital Dies Nov 17, 2008
NEW YORK -- A 12-year-old New York boy with brain cancer has died after his family battled a hospital to keep him on a ventilator. The lawyer for the Orthodox Jewish family said Motl Brody's bodily functions ceased Saturday. (Click2Houston, TX)
Would you want to give birth at home? Nov 15, 2008
Did your midwife come to your house with a ventilator ... Did your midwife come to your house with a ventilator ... The baby was declared a vegetable and died 7 months later after his ventilator malfunctioned. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Lung Injury Nov 13, 2008
Conclusions As compared with the current standard of care, a ventilator strategy using esophageal pressures to estimate the transpulmonary pressure significantly improves oxygenation and compliance. Multicenter clinical trials are needed to determine whether this approach should be widely adopted. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Premature baby a blessing for March of Dimes ambassadors Nov 12, 2008
Dayne was expected to have breathing difficulty, but he never had to go on a ventilator. He spent only 10 days in an oxygen cannula. (Brookhaven Daily Leader, MS)
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Reports Financial Results for the First Half Ended September 30, 2008 Nov 10, 2008
However, sales for the eVent Medical Inc. declined because of delays in the redesign of artificial ventilators that they sell ... The Group also recorded an operating loss of 249 million yen in the first half since aggressive investments were continuously made to grow the eVent Medical Inc.'s artificial ventilator business. (JCN Network, Japan)
Hurt, uninsured immigrant workers face repatriation Nov 9, 2008
Torres was comatose and connected to a ventilator. He was also a legal immigrant whose family lives and works in the purple alfalfa fields of this southwestern town. (Boston Globe)
Barack Obama Wins Historic Victory Nov 9, 2008
The grant will allow Ranken Jordan to purchase an LTV 1150 ventilator to provide for its in-patient program ... The LTV 1150 ventilator will be used to provide necessary care for Ranken Jordan patients who need a ventilator to breathe due to lung difficulties ... The ventilator will also be used for the rehabilitation of patients with breathing problems caused by unforeseen accidents or other ailments. (Saint Louis Front Page)
Boy, 3, on Life Support After Tick Bite Nov 8, 2008
Matthew was transferred to Mater Children s Hospital in South Brisbane, Australia, where he was sedated and put on a ventilator. He s not out of the woods, but he is getting better, Williams said. (Fox News)
Mechanism That Allows 2 Pacemakers To Control Breathing Pieced Together Nov 8, 2008
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)
Hospital Seeks to Pull Plug on Brain-Dead Boy, 12 Nov 7, 2008
The hospital is seeking a court order that affirms its plan to disconnect the boy from a ventilator and to discontinue intravenous medications that keep his heart beating. The parents' attorney says doing so would infringe upon religious freedom. (Fox News)
Court Battle Ensues Over Brain Dead 12-Year-Old Nov 6, 2008
Washington - The Children's National Medical Center is seeking a court order that would allow the hospital to disconnect a 12-year-old boy from a ventilator and end the medications that keep his heart beating. The hospital says the boy is brain dead. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Opening statements begin in Roozrokh trial Nov 4, 2008
Human organs are only viable for harvesting between 30 minutes and one hour after a person dies, and court records show Navarro, who was being kept alive by a ventilator, didn't die after being removed from life support. He died about eight hours after being taken off the ventilator. (Santa Maria Times)
Harnessing The Power Of The Brain Nov 3, 2008
He didn't want to live on a ventilator, so nine years ago he recorded this message for his two sons ... "Scott, I understand that earlier in the progression of this disease you said that, at the point you had to go on a ventilator you didn't wanna go on anymore, but today you are on a ventilator. And I'm curious about what changed your mind?". (CBS News)
Surgeon faces trial in organ donation case Nov 3, 2008
Ruben Navarro, who had multiple medical problems, died in a San Luis Obispo hospital after a heart attack, then was taken off a ventilator and prepared for organ donation. The circumstances surrounding that death will be center stage in opening statements scheduled to begin Monday in the trial of Dr. Hootan Roozrokh, a San Francisco transplant surgeon who is accused of hastening Navarro's death so his organs could be harvested. (MSNBC -- Crime)
Duranko still fighting, gives hope to the living Nov 1, 2008
His lungs are weak so he has to breathe oxygen through a tracheotomy tube and use a ventilator at night. His legs -- they're tree trunks, really -- are pretty much useless now, which makes it awfully hard for his wife, Janet, to get him to the bathroom and back. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Prague medical misadventure a lesson in the pitfalls of travellers' insurance Oct 31, 2008
He was on a ventilator for a week. On Oct. 14, Dr. Malleson was brought home on a Lear jet; on board was a nurse and respiratory therapist, but no ICU physician as Dr. Stewart says she had been told. (Globe and Mail -- National)
* Experimental anti-anesthesia drug beats standard treatment, study says Oct 30, 2008
A nerve stimulator attached to one hand was used to monitor how quickly the patient recovered the use of muscles and could breathe well enough to be removed from a ventilator, as is routinely done in surgery. This story has been viewed 339 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Deputy was finishing shift when cruiser jumps median in Wellington striking van, killing driver Oct 30, 2008
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
"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)
Unassuming heroine saves mother's life Oct 17, 2008
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)
Meyers in need of a break Oct 17, 2008
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)
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)
Local driver John Westbrook recovering slowly Oct 16, 2008
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)
Dasmunsi shows no clinical improvement: Doctors Oct 16, 2008
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)
Priyaranjan Dasmunsi stable but still on respiratory support Oct 14, 2008
He was put on a ventilator. This was his second heart attack in three months. (India Times, India -- Community News)
I&B minister Dasmunsi continues to be critical Oct 14, 2008
"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)
Dasmunsi still on life support in AIIMS Oct 14, 2008
He is currently on a ventilator at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences ... He was put on the ventilator. (NDTV.com)
P R Dasmunsi admitted to AIIMS; condition serious Oct 13, 2008
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)
Tragic illness couldn't take away a Metairie boy's childhood, but a tragic accident took his life Oct 13, 2008
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)
Dasmunsi admitted to AIIMS Oct 13, 2008
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)
Smeaton Is 'Stable' After Alert Oct 13, 2008
He is unconscious and on a ventilator. Smeaton shot to fame after attempting to foil the Glasgow airport attack last June. (Glasgow Daily Record)
'Miraculous recovery' for six-year-old boy rescued from ditch Oct 13, 2008
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 Smeaton's fiance on her prayers for the sick hero Oct 12, 2008
" 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)
Assault charges are filed against Mt. Lake man Oct 10, 2008
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)
Early Mobility Best for ICU Patients Oct 10, 2008
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)
Hospitals recognized for organ donations Oct 8, 2008
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)
Respiratory illness kills woman in Southeast Oct 8, 2008
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)
Health officials investigate respiratory illnesses, death Oct 8, 2008
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)
Make a Living Will Part of your Pla... Oct 7, 2008
Mechanical respiration (ventilator). Antibiotics. (Suite101.com)
