Introduction What is noninvasive ventilation? If you are a person who googles everything, then you will be redirected to the article Noninvasive Ventilation written by Guy Soo Hoo that states “Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) refers to the administration of ventilatory support without using an invasive artificial airway (endotracheal tube or tracheostomy tube).” Now if you are a person that likes to look at books to get the answer, then David W. Chang wrote in Clinical Application of Mechanical Ventilation that “noninvasive positive pressure ventilation is a technique of providing ventilation without the use of an artificial airway.” Wherever you want to get the definition from, the purpose is all the same: to help the ventilation of the patient without having an artificial airway. Now that does not sound awful, but what about when a person has to be on this ventilation for long periods of time? What happens to the patient 's face from having that mask sit against it for hours at a time? Not every medical practice can be errorless and noninvasive ventilation has its downfalls too. Having a mask sit on your face for hours on end can cause lesions on the skin that a patient will not want on his or her face. There are many different interfaces for noninvasive ventilation, so some may be less harmful than others, but is the mask the only way these lesions can happen? In this paper we will investigate all the different reasons a patient can get this discomfort from a mask. Now let…
Medical Story: Reverse Shoulder Replacement “This surgery gave me my life back,” said Elizabeth McMearty, a successful and recovered patient who received a reverse shoulder replacement on February 24, 2014. Before receiving this intense surgery, Elizabeth was unable to drive a car, brush her own hair, feed herself, dress herself, or lift her arm past 90 degrees. Elizabeth now sees herself to have a more purposeful life, without pain in her shoulder. In 2005, Elizabeth was diagnosed with…
While controlling weight gain and working out can improve your body after having children, some body changes do not recover no matter how hard you try. Fortunately a modern Plastic Surgery procedure called the Mommy Makeover can help you get in shape after pregnancy and recover your original body. The Mommy Makeover is designed to restore the shape of your Breasts and Tummy after changes that have occurred during and after having a baby. How Your Body Changes after Having Children. There are a…