But the most valuable procedure they perform also puts them in the most danger. Health care workers across the U.S. have risen to the occasion in combating the coronavirus pandemic. Skilled ...

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.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “For the everyday physician, these findings provide an easily observed prognostic indicator (frequency of ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 emergency medicine has emerged as a distinct medical discipline, there has been a shift in responsibility for a key task in emergency departments: managing emergency airways to help patients get ...