A tracheostomy is a surgically created hole running through the front of the neck and into the trachea. A small tube is placed here to keep the airway open so you can breathe. The term ...

Patients who required endotracheal intubation for more than ... The following data were recorded: age, sex, SAPS II, FIO 2 before the tracheostomy, days in mechanical ventilation before the ...

In dogs, endotracheal intubation is often necessary for surgery, dental prophylaxis, or other procedures that require gas anesthesia or ventilation. Following a few simple guidelines can help ...

There are six types of positive pressure ventilators. Invasive ventilators deliver air through an endotracheal tube inserted into the patient’s nose or mouth, or through a tracheostomy, a surgical ...

Do you love Nixie Tubes? Upset that they aren’t really manufactured anymore, and the cost of old ones is rising? Why not make your own? That’s exactly what [Dalibor] of the Czech Republic is ...

Silver has antimicrobial properties in vitro and may reduce biofilm formation on and bacterial adherence to the endotracheal tube. Kollef and colleagues (2008) conducted a prospective, randomized ...

A vacuum tube is just that: a glass tube surrounding a vacuum (an area from which all gases have been removed). What makes it interesting is that when electrical contacts are put on the ends ...

Especially when those parts include vacuum tubes, and doubly so when you make the vacuum tubes from scratch too. Now, we get it — some readers are going to find it hard to invest an hour in ...

2. Making the Tub-la • Prepare your drum bodies. Depending on the material you choose for the body, the drum may be open or closed at the bottom. Carpet tubes, for example, will be open at both ends.

Solar tubes, also known as tubular skylights or sun tunnels, provide natural lighting by channeling sunlight through your roof structure. Since they have a more compact design than traditional ...

Generally, most amplifiers use either vacuum tubes (tube amps) or transistors (solid state amps) to translate the current ...