Ventilators are used to help patients breathe, but sometimes this life-saving mechanism can end up causing damage to the lungs in the process. Understanding this, Ohio State researchers are trying to ...
During a time when respiratory complications from the coronavirus has caused an increase in ventilator usage, genetic material identified by Ohio State researchers may help reduce inflammation and ...
Scientists are now 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, researchers ...
A new study from Tulane University suggests that repeated collapse and reopening of tiny alveoli—air sacs in the lungs essential for breathing—during mechanical ventilation may cause microscopic ...
An unfortunate truth about using mechanical ventilation to save lives is that the pressure can cause further lung damage. Scientists have identified a helpful molecule produced by immune cells during ...
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 ...
Mechanical ventilation, the use of a machine to help a person breathe, was not something many people thought about all that often—until the COVID pandemic struck. Stories of patients being put on ...
(RTTNews) - Shares of MediciNova Inc. (MNOV) surged over 100% in extended trading session on Tuesday after the biopharmaceutical company announced a partnership with BARDA to develop MN-166 as a ...
MONROE, La — Former Catalina Foothills high school star and Arizona Wildcat Rhett Rodriguez, the son of longtime football coach Rich Rodriguez, is now home after being in intensive care following a ...