Heart & Lungs

Pneumonia, respiratory failure and ARDS, heart failure, arrhythmias, clots, and how the heart and lungs affect each other in critical illness — research explained and sourced.

2026-07-18 · 2 sources Less can be more: how smaller breaths improved survival in ARDS

A landmark trial found that ventilating injured lungs with smaller breaths, not larger ones, improved survival in ARDS — reshaping critical care and revealing how ventilators can both help and harm.