In the coronavirus pandemic, ventilators, the medical devices that help patients breathe, are highly sought after and hard to find – but they are not always successful. One in six COVID-19 patients ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — When a disease causes a patient’s lungs to fail, a ventilator is often used to take over the body’s breathing process. The air flows through a tube that goes in the patient’s ...

Patient-ventilator asynchrony refers to the mismatch between the respiratory demands of a patient and the cycling and support provided by a mechanical ventilator. This phenomenon encompasses a range ...

Case Western Reserve University lab reports 84% accuracy in predicting from initial chest scan which patients will need breathing help; planning website for UH, Cleveland VA physicians to upload scans ...

A New York coronavirus patient died after inexperienced medical residents rushed to the front line of the pandemic set her ventilator too high, according to a report. The patient, who was in her 60s, ...

It is safe to treat stable, chronic ventilator-dependent patients in their homes. [5] Home care is less costly than acute care. Guber and colleagues reported that home mechanical ventilation was as ...

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 ...

As skilled nursing facilities that provide care for ventilator-dependent patients across Pennsylvania closed their doors due to lack of state funding over roughly the past two years, Transitions ...