ERS International Congress:
Workshop on Secretion Management and Percussion Therapy
The Practical Workshop “Secretion management – Innovative
treatment methods for COPD and Neuromuscolar patients” will provide hands-on
accounts of major Italian and German excellence centres with the Pegaso and
Mini Pegaso Cough and percussion therapy. The workshop will show in-depth
practical experience with neuromuscular, quadriplegic and COPD patients and
provide an authentic guideline on how to successfully treat the secretion
problems of these patients. You will see several case histories and learn about
innovative treatment methods using the PEGASO’s percussion therapy. This
therapy is used for patients who need Intrapulmonary percussive ventilation,
due to mucus hyper-secretion or deeply retained secretions combined with an
extreme difficulty in clearing airways. Click here for the
workshop programme
“Clear as the moon… “ the new
LUNA ventilator by Dima Italia
To be released in December 2014. Dima Italia’s latest device
Luna is a pressure-controlled portable ventilation that focuses on the
essential and goes straight to the point. It combines the most recent
technological advancements with straightforward usability and functions,
without unnecessary complications - easy to use, clear as the moon.
Pressure-controlled ventilation is the most popular ventilation
form and is also recommended by the German Board of Ventilation due to its
reduced lateral effects (S2 – Leitlinie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für
Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin e.V.).
Our field experience within medical wards and the feedback
received from health professionals has taught us that less is more and that
thoughtful simplification is a value to cherish, thus the prompt to develop the
LUNA ventilator. Its extensive lithium battery autonomy, providing over 10
hours of therapy, ensures the patient’s freedom of movement. Its reliability
and portability are comforting and reassuring for patients. Click here to download
the brochure.
New Multilevel
Dima Italia is proud to announce the release of the new
Multilevel, sporting a new design and improved precision and performance in
parameter monitoring.
Small yet powerful, the Multilevel is light-weight and quiet. It
offers 5 ventilation modes - CPAP, Timed, Spontaneous, Spontaneous timed and
the useful Spontaneous with plateau. Also known as Small alveoli ventilation,
the latter provides a constant pressure at the end of inspiration, similar to a hold manoeuvre (1 to 3 seconds), which
prevents the patient to exhale and keeps the alveoli open.
The models ST30V and ST40V also offer target volume ventilation,
adding volume ventilation characteristics to a pressure ventilator: when
setting the minimum target volume, the MULTILEVEL will adjust the positive
pressure for each breath to reach exactly the target volume. This mode helps to
promote the flow synchrony between the patient and can be useful in the weaning
process, allowing to gradually increase the patient’s effort. Click here to see the
brochure
What is the current state of negative pressure ventilation?
Which centers offer it and who are the experts in this field? Dima Italia is
currently working on a portal on Negative Pressure Ventilation that will be a
digital think-tank on modern negative ventilation. If you are an expert and
would like to contribute or share medical articles please get in touch with us
at service@dimaitalia.com.
Our negative pressure ventilator Pegaso Vent will be on display
at our booth S02 at ERS Congress, along with some of its accessories, such as
cuirasses and the prototype of a new ventilation chamber. Please feel free to
come along and assist to a demonstration!
