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2020-09-05 Science & Technology

Israeli hospitals using brand new ventilator to fight coronavirus

[Jpost] - Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Yitzhak Shamir Medical Center in Be'er Ya'akov and Wolfson Medical Center in Holon received the new respiratory device called "AnapoGuard," produced by Hospitech Respiration, an Israeli startup company.

The device has been in use since March at the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.

...One of the risks of prolonged reliance on respiratory support system in coronavirus patiets is a lung infection, caused by an accumulation of excess fluids in the lungs. AnapoGuard helps remove these excess fluids, which often indicate that a patient is in the early stages of pneumonia.

Medical experts who are on the frontlines of the fight against coronavirus have welcomed this latest addition to their arsenal. One of them, Professor Gil Bolotin, Director of the department of Cardiac Surgery at Rambam, described his experience:

"My department has been using the AnapnoGuard system when treating high-risk ventilated patients. During this time, we have seen a significant reduction in the number of patients who developed lung and pulmonary infections following intubation."

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-09-05 12:22|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 And we'll need this and more

Gamzu, Kanievsky battle over COVID-19 rules in the haredi sector

Gamzu: Hundreds of Israeli-Arabs may die from COVID-19 in weeks

Of course, once Arabs start dying in quantities, the accusation of racist differences in treatment will start flying.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-09-05 12:32|| 2020-09-05 12:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Good.

Posted by Clem 2020-09-05 12:37|| 2020-09-05 12:37|| Front Page Top

#3 How many survived after they were put on ventilators? Wasn't there something about it was the last act before death in most of the cases?

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-09-05 13:47|| 2020-09-05 13:47|| Front Page Top

#4 If I recall correctly, your chances of coming out alive after being placed onto a ventilator were quite low. Boris Johnson, if the story is true, came out o.k. Ukraine's Oil Baroness, Yulia Tymoshenko, was purported to be placed onto one about a week ago or so.

Posted by Clem 2020-09-05 14:02|| 2020-09-05 14:02|| Front Page Top

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-09-05 18:09|| 2020-09-05 18:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Sheesh - here we go again...

Posted by Raj 2020-09-05 18:42|| 2020-09-05 18:42|| Front Page Top

#7 Re: #5

Heh. A funny reminder that all systems leak. Despite your genius plans and intricate rule-sets, stuff happens, events transpire, things that you never thought of appear before your eyes. It's like nailing jelly to a tree.

Posted by SteveS 2020-09-05 19:35|| 2020-09-05 19:35|| Front Page Top

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