(ANSA) – ROME, MAR 6 – Pope Francis has resumed high-flow oxygen therapy as he battles pneumonia in a Rome hospital, Vatican sources said on Thursday.
The pontiff this morning resumed respiratory therapy and returned to high-flow oxygen therapy, administered through nosepieces, instead of mechanical ventilation with the mask that he has been using at night, they explained.
Francis on Thursday morning continued his pharmacological therapy and physiotherapy to help his mobility, the sources reported.
The pontiff is also continuing to eat solid food, they added.
Earlier on Thursday morning, the Vatican Press Office said the pope was still resting after spending a quiet night.
The medical bulletin released on Wednesday night said the pontiff was in stable condition and had not had any more episodes of respiratory failure as he battles pneumonia in both lungs at Rome’s Agostino Gemelli Hospital.
The 88-year-old pontiff was hospitalised on February 14.
“The Holy Father remained stationary today without showing episodes of respiratory failure”, said the medical bulletin on the Pope’s condition released Wednesday evening by the Vatican Press Office.
“As planned, during the day, he underwent high-flow oxygen therapy and non-invasive mechanical ventilation will be resumed during the night”, it explained.
“The Holy Father increased respiratory physiotherapy and active motor therapy. He spent the day in an armchair”.
Francis’s prognosis was still guarded and he received the Ash Wednesday ashes marking the start of Lent Wednesday, the Vatican said. (ANSA).
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The pontiff this morning resumed respiratory therapy and returned to high-flow oxygen therapy, administered through nosepieces, instead of mechanical ventilation with the mask that he has been using at night, they explained.
Francis on Thursday morning continued his pharmacological therapy and physiotherapy to help his mobility, the sources reported.
The pontiff is also continuing to eat solid food, they added.
Earlier on Thursday morning, the Vatican Press Office said the pope was still resting after spending a quiet night.
The medical bulletin released on Wednesday night said the pontiff was in stable condition and had not had any more episodes of respiratory failure as he battles pneumonia in both lungs at Rome’s Agostino Gemelli Hospital.
The 88-year-old pontiff was hospitalised on February 14.
“The Holy Father remained stationary today without showing episodes of respiratory failure”, said the medical bulletin on the Pope’s condition released Wednesday evening by the Vatican Press Office.
“As planned, during the day, he underwent high-flow oxygen therapy and non-invasive mechanical ventilation will be resumed during the night”, it explained.
“The Holy Father increased respiratory physiotherapy and active motor therapy. He spent the day in an armchair”.
Francis’s prognosis was still guarded and he received the Ash Wednesday ashes marking the start of Lent Wednesday, the Vatican said. (ANSA).
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