In a recent study published in JAMA, researchers investigated whether adding sigh breaths to standard care regimens of mechanically ventilated trauma patients increased ventilator-free days (VFDs).

As skilled nursing facilities that provide care for ventilator-dependent patients across Pennsylvania closed their doors due to lack of state funding over roughly the past two years, Transitions ...

Trent Borland takes a deep breath and begins to talk. "It feels so good to be able to do that," says the father of two young girls who has relied on a mechanical ventilator since a surgery on ...

Florida's hospitals are spending tens of millions of dollars a year to provide ventilator-based care because nursing homes do not receive incentives to care for such patients. In just two cases, ...