Latest Respiratory monitoring Stories

Published in the June 2013 Issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, Study Demonstrates that Acoustic Respiration Rate (RRa(TM)) is More Sensitive to Ventilation Changes than Capnometry IRVINE, Calif., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today that a new study to be published in the June 2013 edition of the journal Anesthesia & Analgesia (available online today) concludes that Acoustic Respiration Rate (RRa(TM)) shows "significantly greater accuracy and precision...

Respiratory Monitoring Helps to Protect Patients on Pain Pumps DARLINGTON, Wis., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County (MHLC) recently strengthened patient safety measures by expanding the use of capnography technology to monitor patients using patient controlled analgesia (PCA) pumps to regulate their pain. PCA can provide an effective way to control pain by allowing patients to self-administer small doses of pain medication intravenously, but the...

Respiratory Monitoring Helps to Protect Patients on Pain Pumps TORRANCE, Calif., March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Torrance Memorial Medical Center recently increased patient safety measures by expanding the use of capnography technology to monitor patients using patient controlled analgesia (PCA) pumps to regulate their pain, undergoing procedural sedation and in coronary care after surgery. Capnography technology measures how effectively patients are breathing and can alert medical...

DOYLESTOWN, Pa., Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Doylestown Hospital recently expanded the use of capnography beyond the operating room for respiratory monitoring. The facility is part of a growing cadre of hospitals across the country using capnography to give an early alert to medical caregivers of episodes of insufficient ventilation in a number of new clinical situations where previously it was rarely, if ever, utilized. Post surgery, patients who are given opioids such as...

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nonin Medical, Inc., the inventor of finger pulse oximeters and a leader in noninvasive medical monitoring, today released a Pulse Oximetry Special Report for durable medical equipment (DME) providers at Booth #953 at Medtrade 2012 in Atlanta. Medtrade is the largest home medical equipment tradeshow in the United States. The report, "Too Good to be True? Three Ways Cheap Pulse Oximeters May be Short-changing Your Patients and Profits," is...