In a retrospective study of 100 patients treated with prolonged mechanical ventilation, water retention without evidence of cardiac failure developed in 19. This was associated with radiologic ...

After a long and bumpy path to approval, the U.S. FDA has finally given the green light to Cyclopharm Ltd.'s Technegas combination product a day after the Sept. 29 PDUFA date. Technegas is a nuclear ...

Term and near-term infants with pulmonary hypertension are frequently treated with inhaled nitric oxide. This therapy can be delivered with high-frequency ventilation, but there has been limited study ...

How Does a VQ Scan Work? The VQ scan is a nuclear scan. It measures airflow, called ventilation, and blood flow, called perfusion, in your lungs. The V and Q make up a math equation that helps doctors ...

A discrepancy between the predicted ventilation standards and the actual ventilation requirements may be caused by an increase in the physiologic dead space or by an increased carbon dioxide ...