This 1930s educational film provides a detailed exploration of the respiratory and excretory systems, combining live-action demonstrations, animations, and intertitles to illustrate human anatomy and ...

WHEN a patient is unable to breathe by himself, the single most important responsibility of the physician is to provide adequate ventilation of the lungs. Artificial respiration during anesthesia may ...

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Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) represents a severe pulmonary condition in which widespread alveolar inflammation and pulmonary oedema severely compromise gas exchange. The clinical ...

Tokyo, Japan - Oxygen is crucial to many forms of life. Its delivery to the organs and tissues of the body through the process of respiration is vital for most biological processes. Now, researchers ...

The respiratory system is responsible for the exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the human body. This system also helps remove metabolic waste products and keep pH levels in check. The major ...

RECENT improvements in the management of respiratory insufficiency in patients with acute poliomyelitis have considerably reduced mortality in this stage of the disease. As a result, increasing ...

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 ...

Upgrading a building's ventilation system can improve the delivery of clean air while maintaining energy efficiency and low costs, according to the CDC. Improving a building’s ventilation system can ...

In response to global warming, human beings have been forced to adapt in response to the long-term warming trend. Long-term warming is concomitant with severe weather events such as heatwaves, cold ...

Pope Francis, 88, suffered two “acute respiratory insufficiency” episodes Monday, another setback in his recovery from double pneumonia. The Vatican said the pope’s episodes were caused by “a ...