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.

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.

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 ...

Health officials fear shortage of key drugs used to put patients on oxygen. Even as local officials insist the end of the worst phase of the coronavirus crisis might be coming into view, shortages of ...

As the number of COVID-19 cases increased in the St. Louis area, a multidisciplinary group of Washington University employees launched a Maker Task Force to create equipment and technology needed by ...

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.