"The patient is lethargic, but their SpO2 is 98%, so their breathing is fine." Anyone who nods at this statement will definitely lose points on the actual National Medical Licensing Exam. Carbon ...

In medicine, hypoxia is a condition in which the human body tissues are not oxygenated sufficiently to maintain adequate homeostasis, resulting from inadequate oxygen delivery to the tissues due to ...

New Drama "Crossroads: A Promise in Emergency Medicine" #1 A full-scale medical and youth ensemble drama begins—! This turbulent opening follows young emergency doctors as they face ideals versus ...

We read with great interest the article titled “Use of high-dose steroid therapy: addition of anakinra in the treatment of severe COVID-19,” recently published in your journal 1. The study clearly ...

Bubble-nasal continuous positive airway pressure (B-nCPAP) is a form of noninvasive respiratory support that is used frequently as a primary strategy for supporting spontaneously breathing preterm ...

The developmentally regulated hemodynamic effects of vasoactive medications have not been well characterized. We used traditional and near-infrared spectroscopy monitoring technologies and ...

Literature on the anesthetic management of endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is limited. Anesthetic management during these procedures is still mostly dependent on individual or ...

The American Heart Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics provide these pediatric advanced life support guidelines focusing on resuscitation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and ...

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Background Early warning systems (EWS) used across the world typically assign a fixed number of points to patients receiving supplemental oxygen, regardless of amount. This ordinal binary approach may ...