While hospitals across the U.S. faced a possible shortage of mechanical ventilators due to COVID-19, a self-assembled "skunk works" team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) worked tirelessly to prototype a simple ...
Apr 30, 2020
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UC San Diego Health has launched a Phase III clinical trial, part of a global effort, to assess whether a medication used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory disorders might also have therapeutic value for ...
Apr 30, 2020
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New physiotherapy guidelines are targeting COVID-19 patient recovery for respiratory management, exercise and mobilization in acute hospital wards and Intensive Care Units.
Apr 29, 2020
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(HealthDay)—COVID-19 is associated with a high rate of pulmonary embolism, according to two research letters published online April 23 in Radiology.
Apr 28, 2020
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Simple, low-cost ventilation designs and configuration of wards can reduce the dispersal of airborne virus in emergency COVID-19 hospitals, say Cambridge researchers.
Apr 28, 2020
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A device designed at the University of Pittsburgh could help improve outcomes as a treatment for COVID-19 when used in conjunction with non-invasive or mechanical ventilation, and it recently received Emergency Use Authorization ...
Apr 28, 2020
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(HealthDay)—The most common comorbidities among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in the New York City area are hypertension, obesity, and diabetes, according to a study published online April 22 in the Journal of the ...
Apr 27, 2020
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Around the world, ventilators—a life-saving medical device that keeps air flowing into the lungs of a patient who is unable to breathe—are a scarce resource in hospitals and clinics where they're used to treat those infected ...
Apr 27, 2020
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The use of mechanical ventilation saves lives—and not just for COVID-19 patients who develop severe respiratory problems. But at the same time, the ventilation pressure puts immense stress on delicate lung tissue; for patients ...
Apr 27, 2020
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Responding to a looming global shortage of ventilators, a team from Oregon Health & Science University has come up a low-cost version that can be widely produced with 3-D printing technology.
Apr 24, 2020
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