ARDS is a potentially fatal form of respiratory failure characterized by low blood oxygen levels. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
Pulse oximetry is a noninvasive method of measuring the saturation of oxygen in a person's blood.
COVID-19 is the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2, the 2019 novel coronavirus.
Long COVID occurs when symptoms—new, continuing, or recurrent—arise four or more weeks after the initial coronavirus infection.
A pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening blockage in a lung artery that strains the lungs and the right side of the heart, among other symptoms.
When blood clots form within blood vessels they can obstruct blood flow, which can cause blockages affecting the heart, lungs and other organs.
Pediatric acute respiratory failure is an emergency. It can be serious, even life-threatening, but most children recover without chronic illness.
Vaccines aren’t just for kids. Thousands of adults go to the hospital each year for a serious (sometimes even deadly) disease they might have avoided if they had received the vaccination to prevent it.
MIS-C is an inflammatory syndrome that affects children and is associated with COVID-19.
A common virus that often spreads during the wintertime, the flu can become a serious condition, especially for the elderly.