High-frequency ventilation has become a valuable tool in the management of neonates with severe pulmonary disease. Along with reports of clinical successes, have come reports of serious complications, ...

Yesterday NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced that their ventilator design has received Emergency Use Authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration. This paves the way for the design ...

A ventilator, sometimes called a mechanical ventilator, is a machine that helps you breathe when you're sick, injured, or sedated for an operation. It pumps oxygen-rich air into your lungs. It also ...

PASADENA (CBSLA) — With every state scrambling for ventilators, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena announced Thursday that it has invented a prototype ventilator that can easily be mass ...

A doctor may replace a person’s ventilator with a tracheostomy if they require ventilation for an extended time. They may also use a tracheostomy to wean a person off respiratory support. A mechanical ...

An expert explains how the life-saving machines work and how people are trying to find solutions to the shortage As more and more hospitals in the United States become inundated with COVID-19 patients ...

A mechanical ventilator is a device that pumps air into the lungs of a person with severe respiratory failure. The air in a ventilator often has a higher percentage of oxygen than room air. COVID-19 ...

Around the world, people are racing to design and manufacture much-needed ventilators to address a global lack of supply. One New York hospital has reportedly attempted treating two patients per ...