SAN FRANCISCO -- By now you have heard about the huge demand for ventilators to help patients infected with COVID-19. But why are they needed and how are they used? That's the question we posed to Dr.

During the Covid-19 crisis, the medical term “intubation” entered common parlance. Severe Covid patients, unable to breathe on their own, sometimes needed to have a tube inserted into their lungs ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with delayed vs. early intubation had worse hospital mortality, ICU mortality and death within 90 days.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with COVID-19 respiratory failure using helmet CPAP vs. facemask CPAP had decreased intubation rates.

But the most valuable procedure they perform also puts them in the most danger. Health care workers across the U.S. have risen to the occasion in combating the coronavirus pandemic. Skilled ...

A large multicenter, randomized clinical trial revealed no difference in the risk of endotracheal intubation requirement at 30 days between awake prone positioning and standard positioning for ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Prone positioning significantly reduced the need for intubation among nonintubated adults with ...

Patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) second to COVID-19 improved with early continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) treatment, a study finds.

A widely available and affordable drug has been shown to be effective in treating seriously ill COVID-19 patients, according to a new international study led by researchers at the Australian National ...