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We Asked a Doctor: Which Matters More for Your Health—VO2 Max or BMI?

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 ...
Healio

Obstructive sleep apnea linked to higher muscle quantity, lower muscle quality

Among adults with vs. without obstructive sleep apnea, skeletal muscle density/quality was reduced and skeletal muscle ...
GQ

Aerobic vs. Anaerobic Exercise: The Difference Between the Two —and Why It Matters

Exercise generally falls into one of two categories—aerobic or anaerobic—and if your goal is simply to improve your physical fitness, you could probably get by for a while without ever knowing the ...
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), ...
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 ...
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 ...