Last month, Philips issued a huge recall of ventilators and continuous positive airway pressure machines, leaving millions of people with sleep apnea unsure of how they’ll get a good night’s sleep.

There is no difference in ventilator use or protocol between pediatric and adult patients, Dalabih said. The machines are the same size as those used for adults. "The difference is if we have a ...

The coronavirus is straining the global health care system, with one piece of lifesaving medical equipment in particularly scarce supply: mechanical ventilators. A ventilator helps patients who cannot ...

LOS ANGELES (August 7, 2023) — Critically ill children on ventilator support can experience a mismatch between their breathing efforts and the rhythm delivered by the ventilator. This mismatch, called ...

Millions of CPAP sleep apnea machines made by the medical device maker Philips and a subsidiary were found to have a dangerous problem, triggering consumer lawsuits and a massive recall in 2021. Now, ...

In a classic “two steps forward, one step back” situation, just as Philips is aiming to wrap up the repair-and-replace program for the 5.5 million respiratory devices it began recalling two years ago, ...

This new report also shows the value of national databases tracking the use of ventilation support. A new study of French children with neuromuscular disorders (NMD) shows that long-term use of ...