For out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, one person can easily perform CC-CPR and simultaneously deliver oxygen via the PODD, allowing the second prehospital provider to transport to a higher level of care ...
In adult trauma patients, an early restrictive oxygen strategy compared with a liberal oxygen strategy initiated in the prehospital setting or on trauma center admission for 8 hours did not ...
The oxygen desaturation index (ODI) is a measure of insufficient blood oxygen (low levels) during sleep. If you have a diagnostic sleep study, this measure can be one of the components in the report ...
Furthermore, the significance of pre-hospital and post-resuscitative care (including early high-flow oxygenation or ventilation support, early epinephrine for non-shockable rhythm, and balanced fluid ...
Blood passing through the lungs must have sufficient "oncotic" pressure to maintain fluid as it passes through the pulmonary capillaries. The permeability of the capillaries through which fluid passes ...
Oxygen therapy for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) treatment is not a first-line treatment. It might help, though oxygen typically may not be considered unless continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) ...