May 21 -- TUESDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that a mechanical ventilator can ease suffering and help lung cancer patients avoid sedation at the end of life. A large percentage ...

Few nursing homes can care for people who need help breathing with a ventilator because of ALS and other conditions. Insurers ...

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In October, the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences hosted a conference on negative pressure ventilation, a less common but useful breathing therapy alternative.

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 ...

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With much-needed equipment comes demands to put it all to use. As states sound the alarm over a lack of ventilators to help hospitalized novel coronavirus patients -- including a plea for 30,000 ...

Jul. 21, 2022 / PRZen / CHICAGO — Setting a National Respiratory Standard of Care: Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety Announces Enhanced Respiratory Care Review Committee The ...

Ventilators are used to help patients breathe, but sometimes this life-saving mechanism can end up causing damage to the lungs in the process. Understanding this, Ohio State researchers are trying to ...

More and more people being cared for on ventilators are conscious during the treatment, but what is it like to be fully conscious without being able to communicate with the world around you? A thesis ...

As the colder weather months begin, respiratory viruses like the common cold, the flu, RSV and COVID-19, become more ...