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 ...
Definitions of hypoxaemia, hypoxia, type 1 respiratory failure and hyperoxaemia Definition of hypercapnia and type 2 respiratory failure Definition of acidosis (respiratory acidosis and metabolic ...
1 Newborn Research Centre, The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2 Neonatal Research, The Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia This was a ...
The ceiling of positive bias of SpO2 = 100% will also artificially reduce the ARMS in these higher SaO2 levels (>90% range). When spot readings from pulse oximeters are being relied upon to direct ...
School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW2006, Australia School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW2006, Australia ...