In Webb and Tierny's classic 1974 study, it was demonstrated that very high inspiratory pressures could induce lung injury in rodents, characterized by edema, alveolar flooding and diffuse ...

Funding information This work was supported in part by the NIH grant HL084385. Reprint Address Anne M Manicone, Center for Lung Biology, 815 Mercer Street, Box 358050, Seattle, WA 98115. E-mail ...

Aqualung Therapeutics, a Tucson-based drug startup headed by a University of Arizona pulmonologist, has won a major investment to help take its flagship drug into initial human clinical trials for ...

Summary: The manuscript by Nosaka et al is a comprehensive study exploring the involvement of IL1beta signaling in a 2-hit model of lung injury + ventilation, with a focus on modulation by hypothermia ...

Therapeutic hypothermia mitigates ventilator-induced lung injury by suppressing macrophage-derived IL-1β release, thereby reducing neutrophil extracellular trap formation, vascular leakage, and ...

Increased pressure difference within the lung is the main cause of ventilator-associated lung injury. What is the alternative to using early spontaneous breathing? Spontaneous breathing may be ...

Each spring, students in the Senior Experience in Engineering Design (SEED) and the Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEnvE) Senior Capstone Design courses share their projects during the annual ...

Former MMA star Ben Askren is still on a ventilator and his doctors are evaluating whether he will require a lung transplant, his wife wrote on social media.

This is not to say smoking moist cigarettes cannot cause lung injuries, they pose the risk of a lung injury as much as a normal cigarette does. Also Read: 5 Medical Myths Presented As Facts On ...

Ben Askren may need a lung transplant according to his wife. [Image courtesy: Getty] Ben Askren's wife Amy recently provided an update on his health, urging everyone to pray for a speedy recovery.