Q. Do you consider the use of mechanical ventilation in ALS patients an extraordinary or disproportionate means to prolong life? Would the discontinuation of mechanical ventilation in ALS patients be ...

As the number of patients requiring ventilatory assistance to survive COVID-19 rises, and with no new ventilators in sight, a "Hail Mary" technique is starting to be used. Can a machine designed to ...

As Covid-19 continues to put pressure on healthcare providers around the world, engineers at the University of Bath have published a mathematical model that could help clinicians to safely allow two ...

Prolonged mechanical ventilation is a patient safety issue. According to one epidemiological study, approximately 310 people per 100,000 adults in the United States require invasive mechanical ...

Patients on mechanical ventilation for severe COVID-19 pneumonia had similar mortality rates to patients with other forms of severe pneumonia, but those with COVID tended to be kept on ventilation ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Invasive ventilation use differed between white patients and Asian, Black and Hispanic patients. Less use of ...

In a small number of severe COVID-19 cases, a patient may be placed on a ventilator to supply oxygen if he or she is having difficulty breathing or has completely lost the ability to breathe on their ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Lenzilumab significantly improved survival without the ...

Home initiation of chronic noninvasive ventilation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure was shown to be as safe as in-hospital ...

COVID-19 is stretching health care resources in many different ways, but there’s a key piece of equipment getting a lot of attention: ventilators. So, what is a ventilator, and why does it matter?

This spring, more than 200 patients sick with COVID-19 went into Intensive Care Units at three Emory Healthcare hospitals. Of those, 165 were so ill they needed machines to help them breathe. But ...