For the first time, scientists are able to directly compare the different kinds of injury that mechanical ventilation causes to cells in the lungs. In a new study, using a ventilator-on-a-chip model ...

Pulmonary diseases pose a major health problem worldwide with millions of affected individuals and dire economic impact.

New research finds that premature lungs become stiffer than adult lungs under stress. This disrupts the function of transporters that are important for removing water from the lungs after birth. Many ...

Ventilators are used to help patients breathe, but sometimes this life-saving mechanism can end up causing damage to the lungs in the process. Understanding this, Ohio State researchers are trying to ...

Comparison with ground truth: Neural network-produced CT ventilation images (a–c) and Galligas PET ventilation images (d–f) for a high-correlation case. (Courtesy: CC BY 4.0/Med. Phys.

I have always thought that if a patient had unilateral lung disease, ie, unilateral pulmonary edema, lobar pneumonia, or pneumothorax, that to improve oxygenation urgently, the patient could be placed ...

Using a lung and diaphragm protective ventilation strategy guided by a computerized decision support tool during the acute phase of ventilation shortened the duration of weaning, a pediatric phase II ...

Mechanical ventilation, the use of a machine to help a person breathe, was not something many people thought about all that often—until the COVID pandemic struck. Stories of patients being put on ...