Sentences with phrase «requiring ventilator support»

As a medic, he noticed that many patients in respiratory failure requiring ventilator support are unable to access it for reasons of cost and availability.

When I finally ended with «are you really more concerned that you — a fairly healthy 59 year old may have a few days of flu - like illness or that your newborn granddaughter could have influenza or pertussis, go to the NICU, require ventilator support, and ultimately die?»

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Babies born at 31 weeks may either require breathing support to ensure optimal supply of oxygen to vital structures of the body usually by a machine called ventilator.

As the child grows, the spine and rib cage do not keep pace, resulting in chest wall deformities and sometimes requiring oxygen or ventilator support.

Babies with perinatal asphyxia must be closely monitored, and in severe cases, may require a ventilator to support breathing.

Assisted Patients with dependency upon mechanical ventilators for life - sustaining support requiring a strategically designed weaning program