1 Department of Pulmonology and Lung Cancers, Wrocław Medical University, Wrocław, Poland 2 Department of Histology and Cytophysiology, Wrocław Medical University, Wrocław, Poland Introduction: ...

A major UK study shows that commonly used home pulse oximeters can overestimate oxygen levels in people with darker skin, increasing the risk of undetected hypoxemia and raising urgent questions about ...

In the EXAKT study from the U.K., the home-use pulse oximeters assessed all gave higher oxygen saturation (SpO2) readings for patients with darker skin tones than for patients with lighter skin tones.

A total of 11,018 paired SpO2-SaO2 measurements were analysed. All five pulse oximeters returned higher SpO2 values for patients with darker skin tones than patients with lighter skin tones, at any ...

Introduction Constant suppliance of oxygen plays one of the crucial roles in normal brain functioning. Examining brain at high altitude can provide us useful information about how brain functions are ...

Oxygen is the second most abundant element in Earth's atmosphere. Although critical for aerobic respiration, it also poses significant dangers to life. The reduction of molecular oxygen to water by ...

The American Heart Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics provide these pediatric advanced life support guidelines focusing on resuscitation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and ...

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 ...