In the coronavirus pandemic, ventilators, the medical devices that help patients breathe, are highly sought after and hard to find – but they are not always successful. One in six COVID-19 patients ...

DUBLIN, Ohio, April 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- N8 Medical, LLC (N8 Medical) today announced that Health Canada has granted Dr. John Muscedere of Kingston General Hospital's emergency request to begin ...

Among intensive care unit patients who require mechanical ventilation, use of a silver-coated endotracheal tube resulted in reduced incidence of pneumonia associated with ventilators, according to a ...

May 20 -- MONDAY, May 19 (HealthDay News) -- Endotracheal tubes coated with silver dramatically reduce infections from highly resistant bacteria, researchers report. Patients on ventilators breathe ...

Endotracheal tubes (ETTs) are indispensable in the management of critically ill patients requiring mechanical ventilation. However, their use is invariably linked with ventilator-associated pneumonia ...

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a major nosocomial infection that results in significant morbidity, mortality, and health care costs. Most strategies to reduce VAP attempt to decrease rates ...

Petaluma biotech company Oculus Innovative Sciences has licensed the rights to a new medical device designed to prevent pneumonia in patients on breathing machines. Oculus acquired the endotracheal ...

Ventilators are crucial in keeping severely-ill coronavirus patients alive — but hospitals across the country are facing a critical shortage of the life-saving medical device amid the ...

Veteran actor Dharmendra has reportedly been placed on ventilator support, sparking concern among fans. Medical experts ...

Is sticking your finger down your throat a pleasant experience? How about sticking it down there and leaving it for three weeks? You probably wouldn't want to be awake for that, but a shortage of IV ...