THE need to lessen hypoxemia during acute episodes of worsened respiratory failure in patients with chronic obstructive lung disease is generally accepted. This situation poses a special problem in ...

A nasal cannula is a medical device that provides supplemental oxygen therapy to people who have lower oxygen levels. There are two types of nasal cannulas: low flow and high flow. The device has two ...

Each catheter also has three pressure sensing ports along the ventral surface of the catheter that transmit the local pressure in the nasal cavity to the control unit. The control unit also has a ...

ALTHOUGH the hazards of many therapeutic procedures are reasonably well known, clinicians need to be reminded occasionally that measures thought to be perfectly safe may be dangerous under certain ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a new study, the use of CPAP and high-flow nasal oxygen to treat patients with moderate to severe COVID-19 ...

The use of high-flow nasal oxygen in treating critical Covid-19 patients could yield higher recoveries. Recently, a team of clinicians at the Tygerberg Hospital Covid-19 treatment facility used ...

Nasal cannulas and face masks are used to deliver oxygen to people who don’t otherwise get enough of it. They are commonly used to provide relief to people with respiratory disorders. A nasal cannula ...