Mechanical ventilation, the use of a machine to help a person breathe, was not something many people thought about all that often—until the COVID pandemic struck. Stories of patients being put on ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The computerized decision support tool was paired with esophageal manometry. A greater proportion of the ...

It is common for poor synchrony to occur in both invasive and noninvasive mechanical ventilation. It is a serious problem that may lead to increased patient discomfort, prolonged mechanical ...

Dr. Robinder Khemani, Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine,Children's Hospital Los Angeles led study evaluating computerized ventilation for pediatric acute respiratory distress ...

Less-invasive ventilators use a mask rather than a tube inserted into the patient's throat. Image Credit: Juanmonino, iStock Share On March 20, as severe cases of COVID-19 spiked in northern Italy, ...

Ventilators are used to help patients breathe, but sometimes this life-saving mechanism can end up causing damage to the lungs in the process. Understanding this, Ohio State researchers are trying to ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – It was late when engineer Joe Tavi's boss called with an odd question: Could their company, which makes fuel cells, learn how to fix a ventilator? California had a bunch of broken ...

A coronavirus patient in the Bronx in New York City died last month while being cared for by medical residents who didn't know how to work her ventilator. The incident at Montefiore Medical Center was ...