BMJ

The individual response to training and competition at altitude

Performance in athletic activities that include a significant aerobic component at mild or moderate altitudes shows a large individual variation. Physiologically, a large portion of the negative ...
WebMD

What to Know About Non-Rebreather Masks

A non-rebreather mask is a special medical device that provides you with oxygen in emergencies. These masks help people who can still breathe on their own but need extra oxygen. Non-rebreather masks ...
BMJ

Severity of respiratory failure at admission and in-hospital mortality in patients with COVID-19: a prospective observational multicentre study

Objectives COVID-19 causes lung parenchymal and endothelial damage that lead to hypoxic acute respiratory failure (hARF). The influence of hARF severity on patients’ outcomes is still poorly ...
BMJ

Fetal haemoglobin and oxygen requirement in preterm infants: an observational study

4 Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Paediatrics, Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden Objective To investigate the relationship between the fraction of fetal haemoglobin (HbF(% ...
Frontiers

Double whammy: increased severe primary graft dysfunction after prolonged warm ischemia and inadequate oxygen delivery during heart transplant

This exploratory study examined the relationship between oxygen delivery index (DO2i) during DCD heart transplant (HT), warm ischemic time, and posttransplant outcomes. All DCD HT between 10/2021 and ...
The Lancet

Automatic versus manual control of oxygen and neonatal clinical outcomes in extremely preterm infants: a multicentre, parallel-group, randomised, controlled, superiority trial

agDivision of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine, Center for Pediatrics and Adolescents Medicine, Medical Center—University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, ...
BMJ

Optimal plateau pressure for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis with meta-regression

Introduction Lower tidal volume ventilation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a strategy to reduce the plateau pressure and driving pressure to limit ventilator-induced ...
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 ...