Science news articles about 'breathing tubes'

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Doctors on Saturday removed Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' breathing tube and could soon know if she can speak....

... develop respiratory infections, or tracheitis, because the breathing tubes allow bacteria an easy entry ... and younger, who spent at least two days on a breathing tube. Of them, 150 got antibiotics ...

... ,509 subjects, balanced between traditional endotracheal tubes and the silver coated ones. The researchers used brochoavelolar lavage ... we show in this present analysis is that the silver-coated breathing tube prevents infections due to the most highly ...

... percent of people who are intubated to aid breathing and can cause death in an estimated ... most likely be applied also to tracheostomy tubes and also become available for use in pediatric medicine. ...

... of walking laps around the ICU with accompanying ICU and rehabilitation staff, while on a ventilator with a breathing tube in his mouth. Seven months ...

... patients." VAP is a common complication in patients on breathing machines. It occurs when harmful bacteria from the mouth, throat or breathing tube are inhaled into the lungs. Because most people ...

... who developed pneumonia in the days following the insertion of their breathing tubes. The riboleukograms looked similar in all patients in the first several days after the breathing tubes had been inserted. But between days 4-7, the expression of the 85 ...

... in a healthy mouth maintain a colony of otherwise harmless bacteria. Infection takes root when a breathing tube allows free passage of the "good ...

... hours. The patients were randomized to receive either dexmedetomidine or midazolam until extubation (removal of the breathing tube inserted into the trachea) or 30 days ...

... or border of the removed tissue) were obtained in all 29 patients who successfully completed surgery. Of those, 21 had breathing tubes that had been in place during surgery safely ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- The sons of a critically ill New York City school official diagnosed with swine flu say their father has been on a breathing tube and is barely able to talk to his family....

... similarly impressive accomplishments. A "Pressure Alert" system helps physicians safely insert a breathing tube into a patient's airway, and a folding three ...

... in recent years, perhaps because patients with breathing tubes are fed earlier, and food in the stomach ... is off the breathing machine and eating, either on his/her own or through a feeding tube ...

... accident, even minimal training can make a big difference when a rescuer tries to insert a breathing tube into someone needing cardiopulmonary resuscitation ...

... about the size of a fist that is attached to the face mask or breathing tube during CPR administered by EMS ... until an effective heartbeat is restored, and rescue breathing. Lay bystanders are encouraged to immediately begin ...