1 Department of Pulmonology and Lung Cancers, Wrocław Medical University, Wrocław, Poland 2 Department of Histology and Cytophysiology, Wrocław Medical University, Wrocław, Poland Introduction: ...
For any given SaO2, SpO2 readings are higher for those with darker versus lighter skin tone. HealthDay News — Patients with darker skin tones have peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO 2) readings that ...
Correspondence to: L M Seccombe Department of Thoracic Medicine, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, Australia; seccombelemail.cs.nsw.gov.au Background: Commercial aircraft cabins provide a ...
The American Heart Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics provide these pediatric advanced life support guidelines focusing on resuscitation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and ...
Abstract: Objective: Current intrapartum fetal monitoring technology is unable to provide physicians with an objective metric of fetal well-being, leading to degraded patient outcomes and increased ...
Background Hyper-oxygenation of cyanotic patients during the early phase of cardiopulmonary bypass can lead to significant myocardial damage. To mitigate this, the partial pressure of oxygen in ...
There is no need to do any special preparation for this test. However, if you are on oxygen therapy, oxygen values must be constant for 20 minutes before the test. If you are taking medication to make ...
William Ottestad, consultant and specialist in anaesthesiology. The author has completed the ICMJE form and declares no conflicts of interest. Some COVID-19 patients deteriorate rapidly and seemingly ...
The ceiling of positive bias of SpO2 = 100% will also artificially reduce the ARMS in these higher SaO2 levels (>90% range). When spot readings from pulse oximeters are being relied upon to direct ...