FDA's promised guidelines on pulse oximeters unlikely to end decades of racial bias
For decades, widely used pulse oximeters have underestimated the oxygen needs of darker-skinned patients. Will the FDA's new ...
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The safePICO arterial blood gas syringe
With the safePICO self-fill blood gas syringe, you can improve your mixing and get results you can trust. Mixing ball helps you obtain a homogeneous sample SafeTIPCAP minimizes the risk of blood ...
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Radiometer's PICO Syringe for Arterial Blood Gas Sampling
The TIPCAP attaches to the syringe to reduce the risk of blood spillage. Radiometer offers a palette of syringes for arterial line sample collection or arterial puncture. The PICO50 and PICO70 are ...
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Management of Respiratory Failure in the Emergency Department
A 65-year-old White man is brought in by EMS for worsening shortness of breath over the previous 2 days, cough producing purulent sputum, and fever of 103°F.
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‘Dirty’ drug, blood loss caused death
The death of Carmen Walker in Waikato Hospital after a cancer procedure was caused by an adverse reaction to a “dirty” drug ...
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Characteristics of Anesthetic Agents Used for Induction and Maintenance of General Anesthesia
For example, the partition coefficient is 0.5 if the concentration of an anesthetic in arterial blood is 3% and the concentration in the lungs is 6%. A low blood:gas partition coefficient reflects ...
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Survey of Medication Administration Through Umbilical Arterial and Venous Catheters
The use of umbilical arterial catheters (UACs ... [1] They have proven useful for continuous blood pressure monitoring, blood gas sampling, exchange transfusions, cardiac catheterizations ...
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MD Emergency Medicine: Here are NMC Guidelines for Competency-Based PG Training Programme
Through a recent communication directed to the Directors/Principals/Deans of all medical colleges/institutes under the ...
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Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation for acute asthma in children
• Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation may lead to an improvement in asthma symptom score, decreased intubation rate, and slightly shorter paediatric intensive care unit stay, but the results ...
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The individual response to training and competition at altitude
Additionally, increasing ventilatory work in hypoxia may actually be negative for performance, if dyspnoea increases or muscle blood flow is reduced ... on the role that pulmonary gas exchange and ...
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Manipal Tata Medical College celebrates completion of ERUDITE
Manipal Tata Medical College (MTMC) has successfully completed ERUDITE: National Conference for Undergraduate Medical Students, a two-day event held from September 21 to 22 at the MTMC premises. This ...
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KAISER HEALTH CARE: FDA’s promised guidance on pulse oximeters unlikely to end decades of racial bias
The patient was in his 60s, an African American man with emphysema. The oximeter placed on his fingertip registered well ...