During the Covid-19 crisis, the medical term “intubation” entered common parlance. Severe Covid patients, unable to breathe on their own, sometimes needed to have a tube inserted into their lungs ...

A widely available and affordable drug has been shown to be effective in treating seriously ill COVID-19 patients, according to a new international study led by researchers at the Australian National ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

PHILADELPHIA — Tracheostomy was associated with better in-hospital survival for intubated patients with severe COVID-19 infection compared with intubated patients who did not receive a tracheostomy, a ...

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 ...