ventilator

Example Sentences

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He had been suffering from end-stage liver disease and was comatose and on a ventilator, with no hope of regaining consciousness—but his brain still showed activity.

From Science Magazine

Nahomy was taken to a hospital, sedated and placed on a ventilator while the water was drained from her lungs.

From Seattle Times

Mr. Mango said Mr. Trump achieve “spectacular” results, anyway, in obtaining over 100,000 ventilators, restocking the national stockpile with N95 masks and other gear while fostering the development of a vaccine in record time.

From Washington Times

Well, when ventilators were removed from two of the patients, their heart rates shot up accompanied by a surge in gamma waves, which are forms of high-frequency electrical activity in the brain.

From Salon

In the 30 seconds to two minutes after their ventilators were removed, two of the four patients' brains showed surges in gamma waves.

From Scientific American