After his wife was put on a ventilator, a husband faced an agonizing decision: Should he do whatever it took for her to wake up?
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MIT-based team works on rapid deployment of open-source, low-cost ventilator | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Texas Hospitals Are Already Overloaded. Doctors Are 'Frightened by What Is Coming.' - The New York Times
Kindred Hospital Philadelphia - Pamela was experiencing shortness of breath in April. Testing positive for COVID-19, she was hospitalized and placed on a ventilator. After she was transferred to Kindred Hospital, Pamela
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Divya Bhatnagar on ventilator, suffering from Covid-19 and pneumonia: Brother says 'she is conscious and tries to talk to me' - Hindustan Times
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MIT engineers design a soft, implantable ventilator | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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My COVID Story: I was told my dad's ventilator got removed at night and so he was critical - Times of India
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Respiratory system mechanics, gas exchange, and outcomes in mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis - The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
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