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 ...

Purpose: Post-tricuspid (postTri) congenital shunts have been considered to elicit an earlier progression to pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) than pre-tricuspid (preTri) defects. However, the ...

In a study of mechanically ventilated emergency department (ED) patients, an oxygen titration guideline and educational intervention reduced severe hyperoxemia but increased hypoxemia, with no effect ...

This chapter summarizes relevant epidemiologic and biomedical studies associated with exposures to low-oxygen atmospheres. Selected chemical and physical properties and pathophysiologic and ...

Performance in athletic activities that include a significant aerobic component at mild or moderate altitudes shows a large individual variation. Physiologically, a large portion of the negative ...

A total of 54 infants with need for intensive care were monitored during the first days of life at the NICU of two different hospitals. Their recordings were collected in three different datasets. In ...

Even if you remember the classification and definition of "Type I and Type II respiratory failure," are you able to connect that knowledge to whether the patient in front of you fits into either ...

An ABG test checks how well your lungs and kidneys work by measuring oxygen and carbon dioxide in your blood. This test helps doctors know if your body has an acid-base balance issue and if treatment ...

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 ...

NLR neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio OR odds ratio PaCO2 arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide PaO2 arterial partial pressure of oxygen ROC receiver operating characteristic SaO2% arterial oxygen ...