A New Global Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a clinical syndrome of acute hypoxic respiratory failure caused by pulmonary inflammation rather than cardiogenic pulmonary edema. It was first described in 1967. In 1988, a more precise clinical definition quantified the...

High flow oxygen therapy for COPD respiratory failure

Analysis of the curative effect of high nasal flow humidification oxygen therapy in the home oxygen therapy of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with chronic respiratory failure CAI Bo1, YU Guangsheng2, QIN Jian1, HUANG Xiaoqing2, ZHANG Yunhui3 ( 1. Clinical...

NHC releases New Standard for County-level Hospitals

The National Health Commission has officially released the "Equipment Configuration Standard for County-level Comprehensive Hospitals" (WS/T 819—2023), which sets out the basic principles for the configuration of equipment costing more than 10,000 yuan in county-level...

HFNC therapy for hypercapnic respiratory failure

Severe acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) is a significant event that results in substantial mortality. We evaluated the effectiveness of the high flow nasal cannulae (HFNC) therapy in severe AECOPD with moderate hypercapnic acute...