BACKGROUND Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R) systems have gained clinical appeal as supplemental therapy in the treatment of acute and chronic respiratory injuries with low tidal volume or non-invasive ventilation. We have developed an ultra-low-flow ECCO2R device (ULFED) capable of operating at blood flows comparable to renal hemodialysis (250 mL/min). Comparable operating conditi...

Introduction Mechanical ventilation (MV) of patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) should be performed with a lung protective strategy, since this is associated with better clinical outcomes. Lung protective MV contains the lowering of the plateau pressure (PPLAT) and the tidal volume (VT). Physician’s choice for lung protective MV can be hindered by the consequence of decreas...

■ Fully automatic operation From the world’s first commercial CO2 membrane plant for CO2 recovery in EOR applications (Scurry Area Canyon Reef Operators [SACROC] oil field) to the world’s largest CO2 membrane plant for natural gas cleanup (1.28 Bcf/d, Cakerawala Gas Field Development—Petronas Carigali Hess Operating Company), Schlumberger continues to lead the industry with state-of-the-art CYN...

The modern approach (ie, long-term oxygen therapy, rehabilitation, and home mechanical ventilation) has contributed to the survival of patients with chronic respiratory diseases, such as COPD.1 Every day, physicians have to face end-of-life decisions in exacerbations occurring in end-stage patients when endotracheal intubation and/or tracheostomy may be neither appropriate nor accepted (do not ...

Having identified a deficiency in the Royal Navy's present DIStressed SUBmarine (DISSUB) Carbon Dioxide (CO2) removal system the Marine Environment Sustainability and Habitability (MESH) IPT has run a project to assess a number of candidate technologies for use as a replacement system. Three technologies were examined initially, and a competitive procurement activity has been completed. From th...