Pope Francis remained in stable condition and did not suffer another respiratory episode a day after having “an isolated crisis of bronchospasm” that worsened his previously improving medical condition, the Vatican said.
Still, the pope’s doctors at Rome’s Gemelli hospital said his “prognosis remains guarded.”
With the crisis Feb. 28, the 88-year-old Pope Francis began receiving “noninvasive mechanical ventilation” — a treatment that delivers air with added oxygen through a tightly fitted face mask using positive pressure to assist breathing.
But by March 1, he was able to alternate between mechanical ventilation and high-flow oxygen therapy administered through a nasal cannula, the Vatican said in its evening medical bulletin.
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