An abdominal mass is any abnormal growth that occurs within the abdomen. There are various causes of these masses, including cysts in the stomach or other organs, medical conditions, and cancer. A ...

A ventilator, sometimes called a mechanical ventilator, is a machine that helps you breathe when you're sick, injured, or sedated for an operation. It pumps oxygen-rich air into your lungs. It also ...

A doctor may replace a person’s ventilator with a tracheostomy if they require ventilation for an extended time. They may also use a tracheostomy to wean a person off respiratory support. A mechanical ...

The coronavirus is straining the global health care system, and one piece of lifesaving medical equipment is in particularly scarce supply: mechanical ventilators. A ventilator helps patients who ...

A mechanical ventilator is a device that pumps air into the lungs of a person with severe respiratory failure. The air in a ventilator often has a higher percentage of oxygen than room air. COVID-19 ...

Most of us had never given much thought to what a ventilator does before the COVID-19 pandemic. Or maybe you’d only encountered that uncomfortable feeling of having a tube down your throat during ...

Netherlands: A new international trial published in JAMA has found that using individualized high positive end-expiratory ...