Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . During the first month of the COVID-19 outbreak in the Netherlands, there was broad use of lung-protective ...

One of the most common causes for admission to the intensive care unit is a requirement for mechanical ventilation. However, patients in critical care have diverse needs and may be affected with a ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare providers in the United States are being called upon ...

SAN ANTONIO – Patients requiring only short periods of ventilator management account for almost 25% of short-stay admissions to surgical-trauma intensive care units (STICU), according to research ...

Once all of the pre-discharge criteria are met, the process of training the patient and caregivers on the home care equipment and techniques related to treating the patient on the ventilator can begin ...

As the number of patients requiring ventilatory assistance to survive COVID-19 rises, and with no new ventilators in sight, a "Hail Mary" technique is starting to be used. Can a machine designed to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Inspired by the lack of consistency in mechanical ventilation training, doctors at Cleveland Clinic developed a ...