The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Sunday, April 26, 2026
Philips engages manufacturing partners Flex Ltd. (NASDAQ: FLEX) and Jabil (NYSE: JBL), as well as other partners, to further expand its hospital ventilator assembly lines and strengthen its supply chain Company introduces the Philips Respironics E30 ventilator, a versatile and easy-to-use ventilator to treat patients with respiratory insufficiency, designed […]
Prisma Health Collaborates with Ethicon Inc., part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, to Manufacture and Distribute the VESper™ Ventilator Expansion Splitter Device that is Authorized for Emergency Use Only During the COVID-19 Pandemic Prisma Health announced today that it is collaborating with Ethicon Inc., part of the […]
Drew Copeland, Director of Operations, Sleep Program at Mount Sinai Health System in New York City posted this protocol for Repurposing bi-level ventilators for use with intubated patients while minimizing risk to health care workers during insufficient supply of conventional ventilation for patients with COVID-19 on his LinkedIn Page. “Very […]
Introduction Sleep apnea, with an estimated incidence between three and seven percent in the general population, is a common disorder.1 Currently, either an at-home sleep test or overnight polysomnographic test is necessary to diagnose sleep apnea. Both of these evaluations are at times cumbersome. Consequently, patients may be unwilling to […]
Although quitting smoking during the 1st trimester of pregnancy reduces the risk of low birth weight, it isn’t enough to protect the unborn child from being born shorter with smaller brain size, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. The study looked at 1.4 million mother-child pairs […]
Findings from CT scans provide new insight that could lead to quicker diagnosis Mount Sinai Health System physicians—the first experts in the country to analyze chest computed tomography (CT) scans of patients from China with coronavirus disease (COVID-19)—have identified specific patterns in the lungs as markers of the disease as […]
By D. Robert Handy, RRT, BSRT, MBA The call and need for specialized care for pulmonary ailments can be traced back further than many recognize. A document from Ancient Egypt, called the Ebers Papyrus, alluded to inhalation treatments for patients with asthma. Beginning in the late 1700s and continuing through […]
NKV-550 Provides Unique Protective Control®, Features Gentle Lung® Suite Nihon Kohden has announced the commercial launch of its new NKV-550 Series Ventilator System, which offers a full suite of applications necessary in a critical care setting for patients of all ages – from neonate through adult. The NKV-550, which was […]
Older adults with undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea seek more health care, according to a study published in the January issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. The study examined the impact of untreated sleep apnea on health care utilization and costs among Medicare beneficiaries. The authors reviewed a sample of Medicare […]
By Rachel Clevenger, RRT, ECG, CTP Whatever the details of your assignment for the upcoming shift, respiratory care is always “hand in glove” with ongoing infection control practices of an individual hospital facility or clinic. On the adult or pediatric floors, labor and delivery, neonatal ICU, cardiovascular or neurological ICU, […]
