Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. As doctors face a shortage of ventilators that are crucial for treating coronavirus patients with ...

If you are paying close attention to how the novel coronavirus is taking its toll around the world, you know about the shortage of ventilators. The main cause of death for COVID-19 patients is ...

• CPAP machines, which are used by people with sleep apnea, have some superficial similarities with ventilators, raising the question of whether they could be adapted to ease the coronavirus-driven ...

A patient is outfitted with a helmet ventilation device that is among several alternatives to traditional mechanical ventilators that doctors are considering for treating COVID-19. (UChicago Medicine) ...

Operating under the idea that a Constant Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machine isn’t very far removed electrically or mechanically from a proper ventilator, [Trammell Hudson] has performed some ...

In a classic “two steps forward, one step back” situation, just as Philips is aiming to wrap up the repair-and-replace program for the 5.5 million respiratory devices it began recalling two years ago, ...

The treatment of last resort for Covid-19 victims with breathing problems is an invasive ventilator. It’s a horrible treatment, and only a fraction of those placed on it survive, but usually people ...

Are there any weaning protocols for patients (with tracheostomies) who have come off mechanical (intermittent positive-pressure ventilation; IPPV) ventilation, but are still requiring almost ...