The association between blood viscosity and pathological conditions involving a number of
organ systems is well known. However, how the body measures and maintains appropriate …

Tracheostomy is a typical surgical procedure that has been widely practiced to address
airway-related difficulties, such as airway obstruction or chronic conditions, that require long …

Study objective To evaluate the effects of ventilation with low tidal volume and positive end-
expiratory pressure (PEEP) on postoperative pulmonary complications in patients …

The inspired sinewave technique (IST) is a non-invasive method to measure lung
heterogeneity indices (including both uneven ventilation and perfusion or heterogeneity) …

We investigate respiratory flow phenomena in a reconstructed upper airway model of an
intubated neonate undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation, spanning conventional to …

Mortality rates among patients suffering from acute respiratory failure remain perplexingly
high despite the maintenance of blood oxygen homeostasis during ventilatory support. The …

The effects of adoptive transferring myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) to mice with
ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) are unclear. Our objective was to investigate the effects …

During respiratory infection, barrier dysfunction in alveolar tissue can result from “cytokine
storm” caused by overly reactive immune response. Particularly, interleukin 6 (IL-6) is …

Background Barotrauma frequently occurs in coronavirus disease 2019. Previous studies
have reported barotrauma to be a mortality-risk factor; however, its time-dependent nature …

Purpose The" obesity paradox" phenomenon occurs in critically ill patients who receive
mechanical ventilation. Our previous studies found that the adipose-derived exosomes …