aBirmingham Acute Care Research Group, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, New Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Birmingham, 1st Floor, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham B15 2WB, United Kingdom ...
Discrepancies between pulse oximetry and arterial oxygen saturation can pose challenges in clinical assessment. Possible underlying causes include poor peripheral perfusion, skin pigmentation, motion ...
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 ...
Blood gas analysis allows the assessment of patients’ oxygenation, ventilation, acid-base balance and metabolic status. This article, the sixth in a series on essential critical care skills, outlines ...
An introduction to the principles of clinical blood gas analysis and interpretation--including two case examples. In the past, blood gas analysis and interpretation were performed primarily at ...
Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are challenging and frequently lethal respiratory disorders encountered in veterinary medicine. Acute lung injury and acute respiratory ...
Jacqueline Mandy Coggon, MSc Critical Care, BSc Health Care Practice, Dip Nursing, ENB 100, RGN, is clinical educator for critical care, integrated critical care unit, King’s Mill Hospital, Sherwood ...