Lungpacer Medical, a leader in innovative respiratory care neurostimulation technologies, today announced that physicians at one of the nation’s largest healthcare providers and top hospitals has ...

Lungpacer Medical announced today that physicians performed the first commercial procedures using its FDA-cleared AeroPace ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a recent study published in JAMA, researchers investigated whether adding sigh breaths to standard care regimens of mechanically ventilated trauma patients increased ventilator-free days (VFDs).

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 ...

The VentO₂ux ventilator supports critically ill respiratory patients and features a compact, lightweight design.

In a recent study posted to Research Square*, researchers reported that plasma interleukin (IL)-6 levels in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) due to coronavirus disease 2019 ...

BOSTON -- Acinetobacter baumannii and Candida auris were common among patients receiving mechanical ventilation in both acute care hospitals and long-term care facilities, particularly the latter, ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. An early hallmark of pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 is severe refractory respiratory failure. Many ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. A new scoring system can predict whether COVID-19 patients will require invasive mechanical ...