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Filter by:The aim of this study is to determine the accuracy of devices called pulse oximeters, which measure blood oxygen by shining light through fingers, ears or other skin, without requiring blood sampling. Study will be used with patients during controlled motion.
The primary objective of this study is to assess the presence of a correlation between the Lung ultrasound score (LUSS) and PaO2/FiO2 in patient presenting with interstitial syndrome (IS) in the ED. The primary end point considers the null hypothesis to be a negative linear distribution for LUSS and PaO2/FiO2 values. Secondary objectives and secondary end points One of the secondary objectives is to assess the correlation between the LUSS and PaCO2 in patient presenting with IS in the ED. The end point of this secondary outcome considers the null hypothesis to be a positive linear distribution for the LUSS and PaCO2 values. Another secondary objective is to determine the influence of the presence of unilateral or bilateral pleural effusion on the correlation between LUSS and PaO2/FiO2. The end point of this secondary outcome considers the null hypothesis to be a negative linear distribution for LUSS and PaO2/FiO in those three sub-groups: absence of pleural effusion group, unilateral pleural effusion group and bilateral pleural effusion group.
To compare prototype pulse oximeter saturation measurements, during normal to low saturation, to saturation measurements made by a multi-wavelength CO-oximeter, taken from arterial blood samples from healthy human subjects.
Pathological erythrocyte aggregation reduces capillary perfusion and oxygen transfer to tissue. The aggregation is determined by opposing forces, the repulsive force between cells, cell-to-cell adhesion induced by plasma fibrinogen, and the disaggregating shear force generated by blood flow. The investigators investigate how hypoxic exercise affects intrinsic/extrinsic factors of aggregation. Sixty sedentary males were randomly assigned into either hypoxic (HE; FiO2=15%, n=20) or normoxic (NE; FiO2=21%, n=20) training groups for 30 min·d-1, 5 d·wk-1 for 6 weeks at 60% of maximum work rate or to a control group (CTL; n=20). A hypoxia exercise test (HET, FiO2=12%) was performed before and after the intervention. The erythrocyte aggregation, binding affinity of fibrinogen and membrane biomarkers were determined by an ektacytometry and flow cytometry, respectively.
Endoscopic procedures are commonly performed using sedation. As drug-induced respiratory depression is a major cause of sedation-related morbidity, pulse oximetry has been established as standart practice . However SpO2 does not completely reflect ventilation. Capnography is an additional monitoring parameter which demonstrates respiration activity breath by breath. Unfortunately, in the state of moderate or deep sedation during diagnostic or therapeutic procedures (e.g.ERCP or colonoscopies), regular breathing is often disturbed by moving, squeezing, coughing or changes between nose and mouth ventilation causing leakage and therefore artifacts or misinterpretation of data acquired with ETCO2. These problems often restrict the use of side-stream capnography in clinical practice, although the American Society of Anesthesiologists have suggested in their guidelines that extended monitoring with capnography 'should be considered'in deep sedation. The oxygen reserve index (ORI) is a new feature of multiple wavelength pulse oximetry that provides real-time visibility to oxygenation status in the moderate hyperoxic range (PaO2 of approximately 100-200 mm Hg). The ORI is an "index" with a unit-less scale between 0.00 and 1.00 that can be trended and has optional alarms to notify clinicians of changes in a patient's oxygen status. When utilized in conjunction with SpO2 monitoring the ORI may extend the visibility of a patient's oxygen status into ranges previously unmonitored in this fashion. The ORI may make pre-oxygenation visible, may provide early warning when oxygenation deteriorates, and may facilitate a more precise setting of the required FiO2 level. In this study we aimed to show effectivity of capnography and ORİ monitoring to avoid respiratory events and hypoxia in sedated endoscopic patients. In this study we targeted totally 300 sedated endoscopy patients. Patients will randomize to two groups. In Group I anaesthesiologis will be able to use all the monitoring, where as in Group II will be blinded for ORİ. We will apply pre-oxygenation to obtain long safe apnea time. Approximately 5 min pre-oxygenation (5L/min via nasal cannula) will be used to reach steady state in oxygen reserve. We defined hypoxemia ; SpO2<95% and severe hypoxemia SpO2≤90%, hypoventilation; rise10 mmHg in ETCO2 compare to baseline, ETCO2≤30 mmHg and flat capnography.
The purpose of this study is to determine if in preterm infants < 34 weeks' gestation at birth receiving respiratory support with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) or nasal cannula (NC), CPAP compared with NC will decrease the number of episodes with oxygen saturations less than 85% of ≥10 seconds in a 24-hour randomized controlled trial. This will be a randomized controlled trial with a 1:1 parallel allocation of infants to CPAP or NC oxygen using stratified permuted block design.
The aim of the study is to compare the measurement of peripheral blood oxygen saturation using a smartwatch with a medical-grade pulse oximeter.
High blood pressure (BP) is one of the principal cardiovascular risk factors. While BP levels and hypertension prevalence are well characterized in many populations, information on BP and on cardiovascular risk profile in high altitude inhabitants is limited and frequently contradictory, especially in the large highland populations of South America. The information on the effects of permanent high altitude exposure on cardiovascular variables including BP may be relevant in the light of the known BP-increasing effect of acute exposure to high altitude hypoxia. This information may have practical implications for millions of people living at elevated altitudes in Asia, South America and Africa. The inconclusive epidemiological evidence on BP and cardiovascular risk in high altitude dwellers may be the result of several factors, among them: 1) confounding by genetic and socio-economic factors; 2) imperfect methods of BP evaluation, in particular lack of data on ambulatory and home BP (both methods considered superior to conventional clinic BP in the assessment of exposure to high BP). On this background, the general aim of the study is to compare blood pressure levels and cardiovascular risk profile among population-based samples of subjects residing in Peruvian communities living at different altitudes.
To study the effect of acute normobaric hypoxia during exercise in patients with pulmonary hypertension on blood markers (serum markers of iron and red blood cell homeostasis and micro-RNAs known to be associated with PH).
The investigators and other groups have demonstrated that high-flow nasal oxygen used during preoxygenation for emergency surgery is at least equally effective as preoxygenation compared to standard tight fitting mask. The investigators also have data from a recent study that indicates that high-flow nasal oxygen might decrease the risk of clinically relevant desaturation below 93% of arterial oxygen saturation. The studies investigating the concept of high-flow nasal oxygen has up to this date excluded pregnant women. Pregnant woman is a patient group with known difficulties to maintain adequate saturation levels during apnoea. Due to smaller functional residual capacity their oxygen stores after preoxygenation are smaller compared to patients with a normal body mass index. The pregnant woman also have a higher oxygen demand and metabolism due to the growing placenta and the fetus. Pregnant women are therefore a patient group where a method that could prolong time until desaturation would be even more valuable and potentially could save lives. Based on the above, the investigators now aim to conduct a clinical pilot study, where pregnant women undergoing caesarian section under general anesthesia are pre and perioxygenated with high-flow nasal oxygen. Data from that group will be compared with patients preoxygenated in a traditional manner with tight facemask. This study is done to evaluate an established technique on a patient category that in theory could gain a lot from it.