Your blood pressure reading contains a hidden number — and here’s why it matters

Pulse pressure, which can indicate how stiff your blood vessels are, provides a window into heart and brain health.
Nature

Noninvasive oxygenation monitoring in PPHN: validation of the oxygen saturation index and the oxygen saturation to fraction of inspired oxygen ratio against conventional ...

To evaluate the correlation and agreement between the Oxygen Saturation Index (OSI) and Oxygenation Index (OI), and between the SpO 2 /FiO 2 ratio (S/F) and PaO 2 /FiO 2 ratio (P/F) in neonates with ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Diagnostic Performance of the Pulse Oxygen Saturation to Fraction of Inspired Oxygen Ratio in Adults with Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure in an Intensive Care Unit in Sub ...

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), ...
BMJ

Non-invasive high-frequency oscillatory ventilation versus nasal continuous positive airway pressure in extremely preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome: study ...

Introduction Tracheal intubation and invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) significantly decreased mortality of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in extremely preterm infants (28 weeks’ gestational ...
Nature

The effect of prone position on oxygen saturation, blood gas parameters, and respiratory rate in intensive care patients with COVID-19-induced ARDS

The COVID-19 virus causes pneumonia, characterized by respiratory distress, high fever, and acute respiratory symptoms. This disease leads to pulmonary edema, multiple organ failure, and Acute ...
BMJ

Differences in preductal and postductal arterial blood gas measurements in infants with severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Section of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA Objective To determine whether right-to-left ...
LinkedIn

Understanding Shunt Fraction in Cardiac Patients

Shunt Fraction refers to the proportion of blood flow that bypasses the normal pulmonary circulation due to a cardiac shunt. This is common in congenital heart defects where abnormal connections ...
Scientific Research Publishing

The Effect of Prophylactic Application of Noninvasive Ventilator in High Risk Patients after Cardiac Surgery and Improvement of Nursing Intervention ()

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China. Acute respiratory failure is one of the most common complications after cardiac surgery, and with ...
Frontiers

Unmasking hemoglobin Köln: a rare cause of discrepancies between pulse oximetry and arterial oxygen saturation—a case report

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 Lancet

Antiviral effectiveness and survival correlation of azvudine and nirmatrelvir/ritonavir in elderly severe patients with COVID-19: a retrospective real-world study

aDepartment of Geriatrics, The Second Medical Center & National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China bThe Second Medical Center, PLA ...
LinkedIn

Understanding North-South Syndrome and Its Impact on VA ECMO

North-South Syndrome, also known as Harlequin Syndrome or Differential Hypoxia, is a critical condition that can occur in patients on peripheral Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (VA ...
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How to Calculate A-a Gradient: A Comprehensive Guide

The alveolar-arterial gradient, often abbreviated as A-a gradient, is an essential tool in assessing a patient’s lung function and identifying various respiratory disorders. It represents the ...