aDepartment of Emergency Medicine, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy bClinic of Infectious Diseases, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy ...

A non-rebreather mask is a special medical device that provides you with oxygen in emergencies. These masks help people who can still breathe on their own but need extra oxygen. Non-rebreather masks ...

jWHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety (Infection Control and Improving Practices), University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland ...

Introduction High-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) use in adults hospitalised with acute respiratory failure (ARF) is increasing. However, evidence to support widespread use of HFNO compared with non-invasive ...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the safety and feasibility of nHFOV as initial respiratory support in preterm infants with RDS. Results: Respiratory outcomes showed that the rate ...

The widespread use of high-dose oxygen, to avoid perioperative hypoxemia along with WHO-recommended intraoperative hyperoxia to reduce surgical site infections, is an established clinical practice.

Acute hypobaric hypoxia (HH) is a major physiological threat during high-altitude flight and operations. In military aviation, although hypoxia-related fatalities are rare, incidences are common and ...

1 Department of Thoracic Medicine, Wexham Park Hospital, Frimley Health Foundation Trust, Slough, SL2 4HL, UK 2 Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals ...

Oxygen is required by all tissues to support cell metabolism; in acute illness, low tissue oxygenation (hypoxia) can occur due to a failure in any of the systems that deliver and circulate oxygen.