MeSH tree: E02.880.690
Earlier this year, a five-year-old boy was killed at an "alternative medicine clinic" in the United States, when the hyperbaric chamber he was inside caught fire and exploded. Four people have since been charged over his ...
Apr 16, 2025
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The differences, or bias, between estimates of blood oxygen saturation levels as measured with pulse oximeters compared to the gold-standard method of measuring oxygen saturation in arterial blood varied significantly between ...
Mar 31, 2025
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Six out of every 10 people globally lack access to safe medical oxygen, resulting in hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths each year and reducing quality of life for millions more, an international report co-authored ...
Mar 4, 2025
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One in eight patients in hospitals in Africa is critically ill, and one in five of the critically ill die within a week, according to a study appearing in The Lancet. The researchers behind the largest study of critical illness ...
Feb 27, 2025
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Targets for universal access, national roadmaps and more affordable and accessible care are vital to help fill the medical oxygen gap affecting more than half of the world's population, according to a new global report.
Feb 17, 2025
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For patients with advanced emphysema, endobronchial valve placement (EBV) is associated with higher mortality and morbidity compared with lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS), according to a study presented at the annual ...
Jan 28, 2025
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Along with claiming the lives of 1.2 million Americans, the COVID-19 pandemic has been described as a mass disabling event. Depending on the patient, long COVID can rob someone of energy, scramble the autonomic nervous system, ...
Jan 28, 2025
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A recent study published in the Harm Reduction Journal documents the arrival of xylazine to the San Diego-Tijuana border region, and shows the efforts of local physicians to address this emerging challenge in the nation's ...
Jan 9, 2025
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common in military veterans but can affect anyone who has suffered or witnessed an extreme physical or emotional event, and it is very hard to treat. More than two-thirds of people ...
Nov 27, 2024
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The pulse oximeter, a device that measures the degree to which red blood cells are saturated with oxygen, is one of health care's most fundamental tools.
Nov 15, 2024
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