Asthma is the most common chronic airway disease worldwide, imposing substantial clinical, societal, and economic burden.

The Ross procedure for aortic valve replacement, which involves a pulmonary valve autograft, achieved low rates of ...

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Discrepancies between pulse oximetry and arterial oxygen saturation can pose challenges in clinical assessment. Possible underlying causes include poor peripheral perfusion, skin pigmentation, motion ...

The oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve is a vital tool for comprehending how blood transports and releases oxygen (see Figure. Hemoglobin Dissociation Curve). Oxygen is carried throughout the body ...

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 ...

Oxygen is a vital element for human life, and lack of it leads to death in just a few minutes. A condition where the respiratory system fails in one or both of its gas exchange functions (oxygenation ...

Totally 200 COPD patients with chronic cor pulmonale in our hospital were selected as research objects. The 100 patients in control group were managed by conventional western medicine combined with ...

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 ...