Healthcare providers have long used the body mass index (BMI) to assess your health and predict your risk of disease, but it is a flawed measure that has been scrutinized over the years. VO2 max, a ...
Among adults with vs. without obstructive sleep apnea, skeletal muscle density/quality was reduced and skeletal muscle ...
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), ...
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 ...
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 ...
Discrepancies between pulse oximetry and arterial oxygen saturation can pose challenges in clinical assessment. Possible underlying causes include poor peripheral perfusion, skin pigmentation, motion ...
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 ...
Objective Recent studies have shown that blood urea nitrogen to creatinine (BUN/Cr) ratio might be an effective marker for the prognosis of patients with respiratory diseases. Herein, we aimed to ...
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 ...