Among hospitalized COVID-19 patients, the use of high-flow oxygen through a nasal cannula reduced the need for invasive mechanical ventilation and sped up recovery compared to conventional oxygen ...

Mechanical ventilation is a critical life-saving intervention for patients who cannot breathe adequately on their own. Doctors decide to use a ventilator after carefully evaluating a patient’s oxygen ...

Background The increasing number of patients treated by long-term non-invasive ventilation (NIV) challenges the capacity of ...

When a hospital patient has a breathing problem, the services of a respiratory therapist are needed. Recently we had a visitor who has that position, and after all the news during COVID about people ...