Adults admitted to medical wards in Malawi, Africa, faced an elevated risk for dying within 1 year if they had a ...

32 Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Correspondence to John G Hanly, Division of Rheumatology, Nova Scotia ...

Hypoxemia (hih-pok-SEE-mee-uh) is a condition in which there is a lower than normal level of oxygen in the blood. Every breath you take brings oxygen into your lungs. That oxygen moves from the lungs ...

William Ottestad, consultant and specialist in anaesthesiology. The author has completed the ICMJE form and declares no conflicts of interest. Some COVID-19 patients deteriorate rapidly and seemingly ...

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 ...

Hypercapnia happens when you have too much carbon dioxide (CO2) in your blood. Symptoms of hypercapnia include dizziness, flushing, and shortness of breath. Severe hypercapnia can lead to serious ...

Rationale In patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and mild hypoxaemia, the clinical benefit of high-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) remains unclear. We aimed to examine whether HFNO compared with conventional ...