Chinese Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea (2024)
ABSTRACT Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common chronic disorder characterized by abnormal breathing during sleeping. OSA can damage various organs throughout the body and is burdensome, both socially and economically. Moreover, as OSA has been increasingly studied in recent years, new evidence‐based guidelines for its diagnosis and surgical ...
Working Group of Guideline for the Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Adult OSA +7 more
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Randomized crossover comparison of proportional assist ventilation and patient-triggered ventilation in extremely low birth weight infants with evolving chronic lung disease [PDF]
Background: Refinement of ventilatory techniques remains a challenge given the persistence of chronic lung disease of preterm infants. Objective: To test the hypothesis that proportional assist ventilation ( PAV) will allow to lower the ventilator ...
Andreas Schulze +17 more
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Guidelines for Essential Trauma Care: Second Edition (2026)
Injury is a major cause of death and disability globally, with the highest burden in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Strengthening the organization and planning for trauma care (care of the injured) can improve care and lower mortality. In 2004, the International Association for Trauma Surgery and Intensive Care (IATSIC) and the World Health ...
Charles Mock +41 more
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Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) in deploying robotic sprayers for pandemic‐associated disinfection and monitoring has garnered significant attention in recent research. The authors introduce a novel architectural framework designed to interconnect smart monitoring robotic devices within healthcare facilities using narrowband Internet of Things ...
Md Motaharul Islam +9 more
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Safer prehospital anaesthesia: updated guidelines from the Association of Anaesthetists
Summary Introduction Prehospital emergency anaesthesia is recognised as a high‐risk clinical intervention. These updated guidelines consider changes in prehospital practice and parallel changes in the practice of in‐hospital emergency anaesthesia, with the aim of encouraging standardised safe anaesthetic practice in a challenging clinical area.
David Lockey +9 more
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To measure hemoglobin oxygen saturation (SO(2)) in retinal vessels and to test the reproducibility and sensitivity of an automatic spectrophotometric oximeter.Specialized software automatically identifies the retinal blood vessels on fundus images, which are obtained with four different wavelengths of light.
Sveinn Hakon, Hardarson +12 more
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Relationship of arterial and exhaled CO2 during elevated artificial pneumoperitoneum pressure for introduction of the first trocar. [PDF]
The present study evaluated the correlation between arterial CO2 and exhaled CO2 during brief high-pressure pneumoperitoneum. Patients were randomly distributed into two groups: P12 group (n=30) received a maximum intraperitoneal pressure of 12mmHg ...
Afonso C. C. G. Machado +11 more
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Predicting Respiratory Complications for Day Case Paediatric Adenotonsillectomy
ABSTRACT Objectives To assess the effectiveness of a pre‐operative triaging model for paediatric adenotonsillectomy in identifying risk of early post‐operative respiratory complications, in order to propose an evidence‐based triaging model for day‐case paediatric adenotonsillectomy.
Clemente Chia +3 more
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Development of a Swine Whole Eye Transplant Ex Vivo Perfusion Protocol
This study establishes the first subnormothermic machine perfusion protocol for whole eye transplants in a swine model, enabling up to 18 h of preservation with stable metabolic function, limited edema, and recovery of mydriasis. ABSTRACT Background The first human Whole Eye Transplant (WET) has sparked new hope for patients who have lost vision due to
Haïzam Oubari +8 more
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Accuracy and Bias of Pulse Oximetry in the Intensive Care Unit: A Prospective Observational Study. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Background Non‐invasive oximetry is crucial for the easy and continuous monitoring of blood oxygenation, from routine assessments to critical care in intensive care units (ICU). Studies indicate that pulse oximeter readings may be biased due to the high light absorption of melanin.
Barros KB +7 more
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