Most of the available reviews in noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) do not mention separately the modes of NIPPV and the ventilators used. Therefore, what are the modes and what are the ...

An expert explains how the life-saving machines work and how people are trying to find solutions to the shortage As more and more hospitals in the United States become inundated with COVID-19 patients ...

A nationwide shortage of ventilators to treat COVID-19 patients has prompted governors to plead for more machines from the federal government as factories race to start building them. But ventilators ...

Philips Respironics, the U.S.-based health care company owned by Dutch technology firm Philips, has recalled a selection of its V60 ventilator devices due to a risk of "receiving reduced oxygen." The ...

With the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping across its shores earlier this year, the U.S. government in April announced orders for almost $3 billion of ventilators for a national stockpile, meant to save ...

A recent study out of Canada shows wide disparities in the effectiveness of different types of masks and suggests ventilation improvements can do better than common cloth and surgical masks in ...