This case report describes the successful integration of veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) with physiologically optimized fracture fixation in a critically ill polytrauma ...

Background: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a complex syndrome with multiple risk factors that can lead to acute respiratory failure and, in turn, high morbidity and mortality. To ...

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Background Venturi masks are commonly used in the hospital setting to deliver controlled percentages of oxygen. This is important for those at risk of hypercapnic respiratory failure and to accurately ...

There is no need to do any special preparation for this test. However, if you are on oxygen therapy, oxygen values must be constant for 20 minutes before the test. If you are taking medication to make ...

2 School of Women's and Children's Health, University of New South Wales, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia 3 NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, ...

The American Heart Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics provide these pediatric advanced life support guidelines focusing on resuscitation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and ...