TOXICITY from nitrous oxide has been assumed to be entirely the effect of associated reduction of oxygen tension. Goldman, 1 in 1928, reported the intermittent administration of nitrous oxide to rats ...

Objective To compare the efficacy of low-flow oxygen, low-flow air and sham treatment given via nasal cannulae in preventing desaturation (falls in oxygen saturation (SpO 2)) in preterm infants. Study ...

Objective COVID-19 started spreading widely in China in January 2020. Outpatient fever clinics (FCs), instituted during the SARS epidemic in 2003, were upgraded to serve for COVID-19 screening and ...

For patients who suffer from persistent symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) despite therapy, the first step is symptom evaluation, said Kristle L. Lynch, MD, in a presentation at the ...

THE need to lessen hypoxemia during acute episodes of worsened respiratory failure in patients with chronic obstructive lung disease is generally accepted. This situation poses a special problem in ...

A nasal cannula is a medical device that provides supplemental oxygen therapy to people who have lower oxygen levels. There are two types of nasal cannulas: low flow and high flow. The device has two ...

1 Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Yichang Central People’s Hospital, Yichang, China. 2 Institute of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, ...

Within the prior 24 months, I have had a financial relationship with a company producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients: Receive the the ...

We recently anesthetized a patient with complete Kartagener’s syndrome undergoing a cesarean section and would like to share our experience conducting this rare case. A 34-year-old patient with ...