In immunocompromised patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, frailty and longer hospital-to-ICU time may raise 30-day mortality, whereas high-flow nasal oxygen is protective.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Capturing ROX index during the first 12 hours of high-flow nasal cannula therapy yielded favorable sensitivity ...

Credit: Getty Images A 65-year-old White man is brought in by EMS for worsening shortness of breath over the previous 2 days, cough producing purulent sputum, and fever of 103°F. A 65-year-old White ...

A myasthenic crisis is a life-threatening complication of myasthenia gravis that causes respiratory failure. Call 911 right away for breathing trouble. Symptoms can build over days or weeks and ...

Hospital visits for acute respiratory failure occurred more frequently among healthy adolescents and young adults receiving trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole versus amoxicillin or cephalosporins. The ...