Correspondence to Dr Christoph E. Schwarz, Department of Neonatology, University Children’s Hospital, 72076 Tübingen, Germany; C.Schwarz{at}med.uni-tuebingen.de Methods In vitro determination of the ...

What Is an Arterial Blood Gas Test (ABG)? An arterial blood gas (ABG) test measures oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in your blood. It also measures your body’s acid-base (pH) level, which is usually ...

Discrepancies between pulse oximetry and arterial oxygen saturation can pose challenges in clinical assessment. Possible underlying causes include poor peripheral perfusion, skin pigmentation, motion ...

Patients with COPD who travel to high altitudes have an estimated PaO2 decrease of 0.84 kPa with each 1000 meter of altitude gain. High-altitude travel in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

In a recent study published in JAMA, researchers investigated whether adding sigh breaths to standard care regimens of mechanically ventilated trauma patients increased ventilator-free days (VFDs).

The P/F ratio, also known as the PaO2/FiO2 ratio, is a valuable tool for evaluating oxygenation status in critically ill patients. It is commonly used to determine the severity of acute respiratory ...

The A-a gradient, or alveolar-arterial gradient, is a crucial calculation used in the medical field to assess the efficiency of gas exchange occurring in the lungs. This gradient signifies the ...

Factors significantly associated with PaO2 levels at high altitudes included the individual’s age, target altitude, and time spent at an altitude of at least 1500 meters. In healthy adults who travel ...

Exposure to hyperoxia, a high arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2), may be associated with worse outcomes in patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenator (ECMO) support. We examined ...