Low-oxygen treatment helped diseased mice live three times longer. Could humans benefit?

Oxygen isn't always a good thing. Of course, people—and most organisms—cannot live without it. But oxygen can also be quite ...
thorax.bmj

BTS guideline for oxygen use in adults in healthcare and emergency settings

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 ...
BMJ

Differences in preductal and postductal arterial blood gas measurements in infants with severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia

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 ...
Scientific Research Publishing

The Effect of Prophylactic Application of Noninvasive Ventilator in High Risk Patients after Cardiac Surgery and Improvement of Nursing Intervention ()

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 ...
Frontiers

Unmasking hemoglobin Köln: a rare cause of discrepancies between pulse oximetry and arterial oxygen saturation—a case report

Discrepancies between pulse oximetry and arterial oxygen saturation can pose challenges in clinical assessment. Possible underlying causes include poor peripheral perfusion, skin pigmentation, motion ...
The Lancet

Antiviral effectiveness and survival correlation of azvudine and nirmatrelvir/ritonavir in elderly severe patients with COVID-19: a retrospective real-world study

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 ...
Europe PMC

Physiology, Oxygen Transport And Carbon Dioxide Dissociation Curve

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 ...
ahajournals.org

Exposure to Arterial Hyperoxia During Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenator Support and Mortality in Patients With Cardiogenic Shock

Exposure to hyperoxia, a high arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2), may be associated with worse outcomes in patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenator (ECMO) support. We examined ...