For children in critical condition who struggle to breathe, ventilators are essential machines; however, it is important to recognize that they may unintentionally hurt the patient.According to a ...

Philips sent updated instructions after disclosing problems last year with an alarm that can interrupt treatment for people ...

She said she thinks insurers are reacting to that expanded use. ALS patients without ventilator access have limited options. They can use a device that’s covered but doesn’t work as well.

Doctors recommend a second ventilator for people who use wheelchairs during the day. That avoids mistakes in adjusting the machine’s settings when moving someone from their bed.

The company plans to replace the foam but doesn’t yet have the approval to do that, and patients like Crosta and Roberts are only authorized by insurance to buy a new CPAP machine every five years.

A ventilator helps patients who cannot properly breathe on their own by pumping air into their lungs through a tube that has been surgically inserted into their windpipes. Because COVID-19, the ...

Prosecutors said the 72-year-old patient is accused of unplugging her roommate’s ventilator sometime before 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 29, after she grew annoyed by the sound it made.

Researchers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles are working to understand how a condition that can be difficult to spot, known as patient-ventilator asynchrony — PVA for short — may affect ...

Doctors say the machine that helps some people with sleep apnea keep their airway open at night won't be enough to help an ill COVID-19 patient breathe and could spread the coronavirus to bystanders.

Now the doctors are using non-invasive ventilation, a machine that helps in breathing, but a patient does not need a breathing tube. They now use machines that provide high flows of oxygen without ...

Scott Quiner, who was unvaccinated and hospitalized with Covid-19, had been on a ventilator for weeks when doctors told his wife they would be taking him off the machine.