Infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), and especially those born with very low birth weight (VLBW; <1,500 g), are at risk for respiratory decompensation requiring endotracheal ...

To assess, among premature infants with early respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), the effect of one dose of intratracheally administered surfactant followed by extubation to nasal continuous positive ...

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 ...

We've seen how breathing machines are the last hope for patients nearing death in movies. But how do these machines actually keep a person alive? Matthew Bogard, MD (N/A:N/A) Mechanical ventilation is ...

Need for immediate, full intubation in infants born before 28 weeks' gestational age was lower, as was mortality in the first 30 minutes, when they received breathing support via a novel intranasal ...

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 ...

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When I was in the second year of my bachelor of science degree at McMaster, I went on a six-week volunteer trip to Nepal, where I worked in hospitals. I didn’t have any medical skills, so I was ...

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.