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 ...

Mechanical ventilation saves lives, but the airflow it produces inside an intubated airway can also shape conditions linked to complications during long-term support. In a recent study, SUNY ...

• CPAP machines, which are used by people with sleep apnea, have some superficial similarities with ventilators, raising the question of whether they could be adapted to ease the coronavirus-driven ...

A ventilator is a device that supports or takes over the breathing process. People with severe COVID-19 symptoms may require a ventilator. Before COVID-19 became a pandemic, a need for ventilation was ...

COVID-19 is stretching health care resources in many different ways, but there’s a key piece of equipment getting a lot of attention: ventilators. So, what is a ventilator, and why does it matter?