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Be prepared for the pandemic flu
The next pandemia will come - rather sooner than later. The respiratory protection of frontline staff is a major part of healthcare facilities' preparation. To assist hospitals, Read more …
COPD: New therapy reduces mortality
Patients with severe COPD may benefit more from therapy that combines salmeterol and fluticasone [SFC] than treatment with tiotropium, according to results from a long-term, Read more …
Pulse oximetry - screening tool in newborn babies
A research carried out at six hospitals in the West Midlands, UK, is evaluating the use of pulse oximetry as a screening tool for congenital heart disease in newborn babies. Read more …
Lung Flute – new device to obtain high quality sputum samples
At MEDICA 2007, Medical Acoustics presented the Lung Flute®, a cost effective and easy-to-use device to quickly and effectively gather sputum samples. The Lung Flute has Read more …
A hundred years of ventilation
Heinrich Dräger’s concept for the first Pulmotor was ahead of its time, for he was the first to choose a mechanical principle that could closely copy human physiology. Read more …
A radiation-free system for lung function monitoring
Although modern respirators present ever increasing features to enhance and simplify ventilation therapy, methods to quantify the efficacy of ventilator changes are limited. Read more …
Tracking TB bacterium from space
TB bacterium have a unique chemical coating and it is hoped that a tiny gas chromatograph mass spectrometer (GC-MS) – a detection device* developed for the Beagle 2, on its Read more …
Maquet Critical Care with new Anesthesia System
MAQUET Critical Care today announced the introduction of MAQUET FLOW-i, the company’s new anesthesia system, at the world’s largest medical trade fair, MEDICA 2007.
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Medical ventilators for use in ICU
At this year’s MEDICA numerous medical ventilators for use in intensive care units were showcased. The European Hospital team visited Maquet and Siare to have a look at their Read more …
Stem Cell therapy repairs lungs in mice
At the Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society (ERS), which took place in Stockholm, September 15-19, 2007, researchers from the Imperial College London, UK, presented Read more …
ERS COPD Research Award 2007
Dr Morten Dahl, Herlev University Hospital Copenhagen, Denmark, and Simonetta Baraldo, Padova, Italy, won this year’s annual awards of The European Respiratoy Society (ERS), which Read more …
Setting international standards for TB care
By Professor Giovanni Battista Migliori MD, Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Control of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases.
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Non-invasive monitoring of airway inflammation in asthma and COPD
By Paolo Montuschi MD, of the Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
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The ERS Congress
The European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress is the world’s biggest annual scientific gathering in respiratory medicine. Read more …
Long term research project of young children with asthma
Multiple-breath washout (MBW) is a new and sensitive lung function test qualified for use on very young children. In their study Asthma UK and the Institute of Child Health at the Read more …
Dräger’s special anniversary year 2007
Dräger looks up to 100 years of innovation in ventilation technology worldwide. In 1907 Johann Heinrich Dräger invented the Pulmotor as the first short-term respirator Read more …
Screenings beneficial in common tuberculosis areas
In areas of the UK where tuberculosis has a high prevalence, screenings could increase diagnosis both of active and latent forms of the disease and therefore could help prevent Read more …
The UK’s National Lung Cancer Forum for Nurses
With increasing numbers of nurses specialising the care of lung cancer patients, The National Lung Cancer Forum for Nurses (NLCFN) was established in 1997 to offer them a network Read more …
Non-invasive lung diagnosis
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a non-invasive diagnostic method has been evolving into an attractive alternative to methods associated with radiation exposure. Read more …
Clinical quality ventilator for home use
Camena, an innovative ventilator that provides clinical-quality ventilation for patients at home, will be launched, at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) annual meeting (4-8 Read more …
Viagra tested on Everest
Sildenafil, an active agent used in the impotence drug Viagra, has been administered to seven young mountaineers on an Everest expedition, to test its effect on the lungs. Seven Read more …
HITACHI to showcase latest technologies at Paris event and to present the group seminar "What's next in Healthcare" on May 21, from 10 am