University of Manchester

CPAP and oxygen have similar impact on mortality of COVID-19 patients that wouldn’t benefit from intensive care

Unwell COVID-19 patients may be treated just as effectively with oxygen through a mask rather than the sometimes difficult to tolerate therapy known as Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), ...
Frontiers

Reducing the time delay of oxygen transport to the neonate on continuous positive airway pressure support: A bench study

Department of Biomedical Technology, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Kladno, Czech Republic Background: Premature newborns often require oxygen support as part ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Slinger, P.D., Kruger, M., McRae, K. and Winton, T. (2001) Relation of the Static Compliance Curve and Positive End-Expiratory Pressure to Oxygenation during One-Lung ...

ABSTRACT: Background: One-lung ventilation (OLV) is generally adopted for thoracic surgery. The systemic application of a high fraction of inspiratory oxygen (F1O2) and continuous positive airway ...
The Independent

High pressure oxygen treatment for Covid patients meant fewer needing to be ventilated

Treating coronavirus patients with pressurised oxygen masks to help them breathe meant fewer patients ended up in intensive care on a ventilator, new research has found. During the pandemic waves as ...
Times Colonist

Your Good Health: No risk in using oxygen with CPAP machine

Dear Dr. Roach: In your recent response to a question about treating obstructive sleep apnea, you mentioned the benefit of using a CPAP machine. You also mentioned that adding supplemental oxygen ...