Mercury Medical Donates Resuscitators to Neonatologists for Africa
Mercury Medical donated its NeoTee T-Piece Resuscitators to NGO Neonatologists for Africa to help newborns survive their first hour of life.
Mercury Medical donated its NeoTee T-Piece Resuscitators to NGO Neonatologists for Africa to help newborns survive their first hour of life.
Endotracheal suctioning is one of the most commonly performed NICU/PICU interventions but the practice requires special care for neonatal and pediatric airways.
Alarm fatigue is a major patient safety issue in hospital ICUs but how does the problem differ in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units?
Infants and children are very susceptible to RSV infection and the most serious cases (usually involving bronchiolitis or pneumonia) will be admitted to NICU/PICU.
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Read MoreThe COVID-19 pandemic has complicated some of the routine ways respiratory therapists are able to provide care to children in the NICU/PICU.
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Read MoreThe clinical uses of inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) have evolved over the decades as more and more data reveal its benefits (and potential benefits) for a range of cardiopulmonary disorders.
Read MoreImplementing an evidence-based standardized approach of care for ventilated neonatal patients will reduce unplanned extubations in the NICU, and Respiratory Therapy departments should take the lead in developing a performance improvement project.
Read MoreNewborns at Excela Westmoreland Hospital in Pennsylvania are already benefitting from the Family Additions Maternity Center’s recent acquisition of two bubble CPAP devices.
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Read MoreRice University’s NEST 360° health initiative has secured $68 million in funding for neonatal technologies including bubble CPAP devices to reduce newborn deaths in sub-Saharan Africa by 50%.
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