Largest study on this topic suggests that measurement errors lead to potential delays in care and contribute to health ...

"Although absolute differences in readings were small, they can result in substantially higher rates of false negatives and ...

Definitions of hypoxaemia, hypoxia, type 1 respiratory failure and hyperoxaemia Definition of hypercapnia and type 2 respiratory failure Definition of acidosis (respiratory acidosis and metabolic ...

Objectives The aim of the present study was to estimate the incidence of acute mountain sickness (AMS) and address the changes in arterial oxygen saturation (SaO 2) and heart rate (HR) in native ...

Purpose: This study investigated cognitive impairment in children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) by evaluating the utility of sleep apnea-specific hypoxic burden (SASHB) and sleep breathing ...

Serious hidden hypoxemia — defined as an SaO2 less than 88% despite an SpO2 of 92% or greater — occurred in 0.6% of the critically ill Asian patients studied. Hypoxemia went undetected in 0.8% of ...

The EquiOx study showed that in critically ill patients, oxygen saturation assessed by pulse oximetry (SpO 2) was often lower than arterial oxygen saturation (SaO 2 ...

kIII rd Medical Department with Haematology and Medical Oncology, Haemostaseology, Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Oncologic Centre, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria lSalzburg ...