The coronavirus is straining the global health care system, with one piece of lifesaving medical equipment in particularly scarce supply: mechanical ventilators. A ventilator helps patients who cannot ...

LOS ANGELES (August 7, 2023) — Critically ill children on ventilator support can experience a mismatch between their breathing efforts and the rhythm delivered by the ventilator. This mismatch, called ...

Lou Gehrig’s disease took away Grace Armant’s ability to speak, but the 84-year-old still has plenty to say about her insurance. UnitedHealthcare has rejected several requests from her doctors for ...

Officials have pointed to the anesthesia machines as a resource for hospitals. Anticipating ongoing shortages of ventilator machines as the coronavirus continues to spread across the country, states ...

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 ...

Last month, Philips issued a huge recall of ventilators and continuous positive airway pressure machines, leaving millions of people with sleep apnea unsure of how they'll get a good night's sleep.