If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be ...

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 ...

A 6-year-old, 25 kg, castrated male Labradoodle initially presented to the referring veterinarian (RDVM) with a 72-h history of lethargy, vomiting and diarrhea, that had acutely worsened with ...

bDivision of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine and Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, ...

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 ...

Background: A major contributor to unfavorable outcome after traumatic brain injury (TBI) is secondary brain injury. Low brain tissue oxygen tension (PbtO2) has shown to be an independent predictor of ...

The first ever Global guidelines for the prevention of surgical site infection (SSI) were published on 3 November 2016, then updated in some parts and published in a new edition in December 2018. They ...

The alveolar gas equation is used to calculate alveolar oxygen partial pressure as it is not possible to collect gases directly from the alveoli. The equation is helpful in calculating and closely ...

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 ...

A 78-year-old man presented with a 1 week history of breathlessness. He had no chest pain, cough, hemoptysis or any other symptoms. Past medical history was unremarkable. Initial examination revealed ...