The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Saturday, August 29, 2026
By Elise Maher, RPSGT, FAAST Although the news surrounding the COVID-19 virus outbreak started to be reported in January and February, it was in mid-March that everyone started taking it seriously as cases started to bloom in the U.S. For many sleep centers, this meant closing indefinitely with a […]
The Servo-air® ventilator, for use in adult and pediatric patients, is designed to be mobile and easy to use and is available now in the U.S. The new ventilator addresses multiple needs of COVID-19 treatment centers including mobility and flexibility, by being independent of wall-based gas units, possessing a hot-swappable […]
A new study published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society examines ways to increase the use of prone positioning for patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and develops specific implementation strategies that can assist in clinicians’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Prone positioning has been shown to reduce mortality […]
UVA Health is testing an antibody cocktail, given to President Trump over the weekend, to determine if it can prevent COVID-19 infection in people who share a household with someone with the illness. UVA is part of a national phase 3 clinical trial that is testing monoclonal antibodies made by the […]
New research findings contradict statements linking wearing face masks to carbon dioxide poisoning by trapping CO2. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the wearing of face masks has become a highly political issue with some individuals falsely claiming that wearing face masks may be putting people’s health at risk. The study published in […]
Stacie Smith is a respiratory therapist in Jackson, MS. She and her husband Kevin were both diagnosed with COVID-19 in July. “So we were in quarantine together. She ran a fever for about seven or eight days. And then I had to call an ambulance on August the 2nd due […]
Prior to 2010, a great majority of sleep centers focused almost exclusively on in-lab testing, with the polysomnography test (PSG) leading the way. From 2010 to 2020, however, the home sleep testing (HST) market has experienced a growth explosion, jumping roughly 20X in total volume in the United States over […]
Dräger announced it has donated $10,000 to the American Association for Respiratory Care’s (AARC) COVID-19 RT Fund, which provides financial assistance to surviving families of respiratory therapists who died while caring for patients with COVID-19. As of August 18, 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported […]
AZD1222 development expanded into a Phase III clinical trial in the US to assess its safety, efficacy and immunogenicity.1 The US trial, called D8110C00001, is funded by the Biomedical Advanced Development Authority (BARDA), part of the office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) at the U.S. Department […]
JustAir, Inc., a spinout of Theranova, LLC, a biomedical device manufacturing company, today launches its patented JustAir Advanced Face Mask System (U.S. Patent 7597101), the only powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR) that filters inhaled air as well as exhaled air, protecting users and those around them. The system uses positive pressure […]
