A pulmonologist is sued after responding to a call from ICU staff to prevent airway collapse in a patient who was ultimately left disabled.

Patients with ABI require prolonged mechanical ventilation and have a substantially higher risk for VAP due to impaired airway protection and injury-related immune dysfunction. However, routine use of ...

The ninth known case of welder’s anthrax, and the first clinical use of the monoclonal antibody medication obiltoxaximab to ...

Standard anthrax is caused by Bacillus anthracis, which can be contracted through skin contact, ingestion, or inhalation. Its ...

Modified endotracheal tubes designed to reduce patient pneumonia risk failed to improve outcomes compared to standard breathing tubes, researchers report in a new study. Results of the randomized ...

In her white lab coat, Megan Koster, divisional dean of the new School of Respiratory Care Sciences, leads two respiratory care students in a simulated intubation. Marking 50 years of respiratory care ...

Dr. Chelsea Kadish and Kyle Goodknight explain why EMS providers who consider prehospital pediatric CPAP too aggressive should embrace the modality as safe and effective for even the youngest patients ...

Recent rates of active respiratory tuberculosis (TB) in the United States are suggested to reflect immigration patterns from endemic areas, with highest rates in the West and South United States, ...

Throughout my career as an EMS provider, I always have been nervous about aggressively approaching airway management. I have had the training and somewhat the expertise, and now I have some street ...

Pope Francis had recovered enough Tuesday from two acute respiratory crises to no longer require noninvasive mechanical ...