When someone dies while on a ventilator, the machine will keep breathing for them. When the lungs have oxygen, the heart can still beat, and their skin can still be warm.

An adaptive servo-ventilation (ASV) machine tracks and adjusts its pressure to match the breathing pattern of a person with sleep apnea. Using an ASV machine may help a person with sleep apnea to ...

Ventilators push air into a person’s lungs, allowing them to breathe if they are having difficulties breathing. Research from 2019 states that weaning from respiratory support is one of the most ...

Insurer delays and denials hamper patients seeking at-home breathing machines Temple University doctoral student Jaggar DeMarco poses for a photograph while utilizing a battery powered ventilator ...

Ventilator coverage problems started picking up after technology improvements made the devices easier to use, according to Dr. Lisa Wolfe, a professor at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine.

Key takeaways: Ventilators may unintentionally harm patients; research is lacking in children. A new study will test how well machine learning algorithms can recognize breathing asynchronies in ...

Philips in late 2023 agreed to pay at least $479 million to compensate users of 20 different breathing devices and ventilators sold in the U.S. between 2008 and 2021.

Ventilator coverage problems started picking up after technology improvements made the devices easier to use, according to Dr. Lisa Wolfe, a professor at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine.

Ventilator coverage problems started picking up after technology improvements made the devices easier to use, according to Dr. Lisa Wolfe, a professor at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine.

Temple University doctoral student Jaggar DeMarco poses for a portrait while utilizing a battery powered ventilator in Philadelphia, Wednesday, March 6, 2024.