1 Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMBS), University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon. 2 Douala General Hospital, Douala, Cameroon. 3 Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences (FMSP), ...

A study by Norwegian & Italian Universities/Institutes found that common pulse oximeters are generally accurate for oxygen levels between 85-100% However, their ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is globally the third leading cause of death, causing 3.23 million deaths in 2019. Most feasible way to measure oxygen saturation is by pulse oximetry ...

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 ...

Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) measurement of regional cerebral tissue oxygen saturation (rcStO2) has become a topic of high interest in neonatology. Multiple studies have demonstrated that rcStO2 ...

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 ...

This prospective and observational study was conducted in a 24-bed ICU of a French university hospital between March 2019 and July 2020 for non COVID-19 patients and in the first pandemic wave ...

Perhaps the most feared consequence of COVID-19 infection is the development of severe disease which may lead to intensive care unit (ICU) admission. As shown in Hu et al. systematic review and meta ...

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 ...

Fetal hemoglobin (HbF) is a principal oxygen carrier in the blood of preterm and term neonates. Compared to adult hemoglobin, it has a significantly higher affinity for oxygen and its oxyhemoglobin ...