Researchers from Amsterdam UMC have found a new mechanism explaining diaphragm weakness that arises during mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit (ICU). The diaphragm is the most important ...

For the first time, scientists are able to directly compare the different kinds of injury that mechanical ventilation causes to cells in the lungs. In a new study, using a ventilator-on-a-chip model ...

A study presents evidence that mitochondrial fragmentation is a proximal mechanism underlying ventilator-induced diaphragm dysfunction (VIDD)—and identifies a possible therapeutic to limit diaphragm ...

In a keynote presentation at ATS 2024, Hannah Wunsch, MD, MSc, of Weill Cornell Medicine, delved into how the history of breathing support dating back to the 1700s has set the stage for ventilation ...

Combining PMSM fans and smart controllers is improving animal comfort, reducing labor demands and delivering measurable ...

MORPHINE produces a rise in cerebrospinal-fluid pressure 1 that is particularly dangerous in patients with pre-existing intracranial hypertension. It has been suggested that changes in pressure ...

Pope sleeping with ventilation mask after latest health crisis - Catholics are preparing for Lent without Francis as his health hangs in the balance ...