Definitions of hypoxaemia, hypoxia, type 1 respiratory failure and hyperoxaemia Definition of hypercapnia and type 2 respiratory failure Definition of acidosis (respiratory acidosis and metabolic ...
1 Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMBS), University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon. 2 Douala General Hospital, Douala, Cameroon. 3 Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences (FMSP), ...
Introduction Tracheal intubation and invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) significantly decreased mortality of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in extremely preterm infants (28 weeks’ gestational ...
Section of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA Objective To determine whether right-to-left ...
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China. Acute respiratory failure is one of the most common complications after cardiac surgery, and with ...
Discrepancies between pulse oximetry and arterial oxygen saturation can pose challenges in clinical assessment. Possible underlying causes include poor peripheral perfusion, skin pigmentation, motion ...
aDepartment of Geriatrics, The Second Medical Center & National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China bThe Second Medical Center, PLA ...
The oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve is a vital tool for comprehending how blood transports and releases oxygen (see Figure. Hemoglobin Dissociation Curve). Oxygen is carried throughout the body ...