Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. The past decade has seen a dramatic rise in consumer technologies able to monitor a variety of ...
Abstract: In times of pandemics, mechanical ventilators are indispensable for delivering controlled inspired oxygen (FiO2) to maintain appropriate blood oxygen saturation levels (SaO2). Abrupt drops ...
Abstract: Pulse oximeters are electronic devices that provide the values of two physiological parameters: heart rate (HR) and functional O2 saturation, SpO2. Acquiring this information requires a ...
Objective NEWS2 (RCP 2017) 1 recommends use of ‘SpO2 Scale 2’ in patients with hypercapnic respiratory failure (usually due to COPD) to aim target saturations of 88–92%. We aimed to identify if COPD ...
Introduction: Patients with severe COVID-19 may require MV or ECMO. Predicting who will require interventions and the duration of those interventions are challenging due to the diverse responses among ...