A clinical trial led by St. Michael's Hospital researchers found that using nerve blocks, an anesthesia technique to numb ...

CMS has spent the past three years systematically expanding colorectal cancer screening coverage — adding new modalities, eliminating patient cost-sharing and lowering the eligible age. For ...

Objective To assess the diagnostic accuracy of peripheral capillary oxygen saturation (SpO 2) while breathing room air for 5 min (the ‘Air-Test’) in detecting postoperative atelectasis. Design ...

Literature on the anesthetic management of endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is limited. Anesthetic management during these procedures is still mostly dependent on individual or ...

aAnesthesiology and Intensive Care, Anesthesia and Critical Care Department B, Saint Eloi Teaching Hospital, PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, INSERM U1046, Montpellier, France bDepartment of ...

Among critically ill adults undergoing tracheal intubation, hypoxemia increases the risk of cardiac arrest and death. The effect of preoxygenation with noninvasive ventilation, as compared with ...

Hypoxemia can occur in people at ultra-high altitude (above 3500 m) even at rest, and patients undergoing gastroscopy under general anesthesia have higher risk of hypoxemia. Supplementary oxygen via ...

Ventilation is one of the most common procedures in critically ill children admitted to the pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) and is associated with potential severe side effects. The longer the ...

Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by dysregulated host response to infection that often results in acute lung injury (ALI)/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). An emerging ...

This was a prospective, nonrandomized, consecutive enrollment study carried out in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units of a tertiary care children hospital. It was conducted in 66 neonates and ...