Frontiers

Double whammy: increased severe primary graft dysfunction after prolonged warm ischemia and inadequate oxygen delivery during heart transplant

This exploratory study examined the relationship between oxygen delivery index (DO2i) during DCD heart transplant (HT), warm ischemic time, and posttransplant outcomes. All DCD HT between 10/2021 and ...
BMJ

The individual response to training and competition at altitude

Performance in athletic activities that include a significant aerobic component at mild or moderate altitudes shows a large individual variation. Physiologically, a large portion of the negative ...
Nature

Left-to-Right Differences of Regional Cerebral Oxygen Saturation and Oxygen Extraction in Preterm Infants During the First Days of Life

Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)-monitored cerebral oxygenation using the regional cerebral saturation (rScO 2) and the cerebral fractional tissue oxygen extraction (cFTOE), derived from rScO 2 and ...
The Lancet

When to intubate in acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure? Options and opportunities for evidence-informed decision making in the intensive care unit

iDepartment of Medicine, Division of Respirology, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada jInstitute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation at the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, ...
The Lancet

The Minnesota mobile extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation consortium for treatment of out-of-hospital refractory ventricular fibrillation: Program description ...

aDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN, United States bCenter for Resuscitation Medicine, University of Minnesota School of ...
BMJ

Fetal haemoglobin and oxygen requirement in preterm infants: an observational study

4 Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Paediatrics, Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden Objective To investigate the relationship between the fraction of fetal haemoglobin (HbF(% ...
BMJ

Severity of respiratory failure at admission and in-hospital mortality in patients with COVID-19: a prospective observational multicentre study

Objectives COVID-19 causes lung parenchymal and endothelial damage that lead to hypoxic acute respiratory failure (hARF). The influence of hARF severity on patients’ outcomes is still poorly ...
thorax.bmj

Using venous blood gas analysis in the assessment of COPD exacerbations: a prospective cohort study

Introduction Identifying acute hypercapnic respiratory failure is crucial in the initial management of acute exacerbations of COPD. Guidelines recommend obtaining arterial blood samples but these are ...
BMJ

Optimal plateau pressure for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis with meta-regression

Introduction Lower tidal volume ventilation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a strategy to reduce the plateau pressure and driving pressure to limit ventilator-induced ...
BMJ

Differences in preductal and postductal arterial blood gas measurements in infants with severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Section of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA Objective To determine whether right-to-left ...