This study explores the association between receiving noninvasive ventilation at home and mortality, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

Starting noninvasive ventilation at home (NIVH) early after diagnosis was correlated with lower risk of death and reduced Medicare spending for patients with hypercapnic chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

The coronavirus is straining the global health care system, with one piece of lifesaving medical equipment in particularly scarce supply: mechanical ventilators. A ventilator helps patients who cannot ...

Noninvasive ventilation is a well-known life-sparing option during acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but its effectiveness for severe, but stable disease has been ...

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For millions of people living with asthma, even the air inside their homes can make breathing difficult. But researchers at ...

There has been a large amount of coverage about the supply of working ventilators during the pandemic. A Creighton University employee thought about it one sleepless night – and decided to do ...

For weeks, Christian Parker has been working to save lives across the United States from his home in Washington state using a 3D printer and a blueprint for a small, Y-shaped piece of plastic. Parker ...

Lou Gehrig’s disease took away Grace Armant’s ability to speak, but the 84-year-old still has plenty to say about her insurance. UnitedHealthcare has rejected several requests from her doctors for ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — A Nicholasville man has been discharged from Baptist Health Lexington after being on a ventilator with COVID-19. Gary Mazza, 73, was on a ventilator for seven days and in the ...