Frontiers

Lung Injury Is a Predictor of Cerebral Hypoxia and Mortality in Traumatic Brain Injury

Background: A major contributor to unfavorable outcome after traumatic brain injury (TBI) is secondary brain injury. Low brain ...
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Abstract P186: Large Volume, Ice-cold Intravenous Fluid for Therapeutic Hypothermia Does Not Compromise the Respiratory Situation in Patients after Cardiac Arrest

Background: The AHA guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (2005) recommend a mild hypothermia (32–34 °C) for 24 hours ...
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Exposure to Arterial Hyperoxia During Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenator Support and Mortality in Patients With Cardiogenic Shock

Exposure to hyperoxia, a high arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2), may be associated with worse outcomes in patients ...
thorax.bmj

P142 Hypoxic challenge test (hct) for in-flight oxygen assessments can be avoided in patients with lung disease and low resting pao2

Introduction Hypoxic challenge test consisting of breathing 15% FiO2 for 20 min with blood gas measurements is recommended by ...
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Respiratory mechanics and monitoring (Proceedings)

Basic lung function is designed to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide. In order to transfer oxygen from atmospheric air to the ...
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How to calculate pao2

Calculating the partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood (PaO2) is an essential skill for medical professionals, especially ...