Letter by Cornet et al Regarding Article, “Relationship Between Supranormal Oxygen Tension and Outcome After Resuscitation From Cardiac Arrest” To the Editor: We read with great interest the article by Kilgannon and coworkers1 demonstrating a dose-dependent linear relationship between supranormal oxygen tension after resuscitation from cardiac arrest and in-hospital death. This observation is i...

OBJECTIVES To determine risk factors associated with postoperative hypoxemia after surgery for acute type A aortic dissection. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 192 patients with acute type A aortic dissection who underwent surgery in Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Medical College of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China between January 2007 and December 2013. Patients were d...

Several intraoperative ventilation strategies are available for obese patients. However, the same ventilation interventions have exhibited different effects on PaO2 /FIO2 concerning obese patients in different trials, and the issue remains controversial. Therefore, we conducted a network meta-analysis to identify the optimal mechanical ventilation strategy. We searched the Cochrane Central Regi...

The effect of hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO2) on survival during the early phase of severe blunt chest injury (BChI) has not been elucidated. Our aim was to investigate this effect on human victims of BChI. We monitored cardiac index (CI), stroke volume index (SVI), PaO2 and PaO2/FiO2 in 18 victims treated conventionally, and 8 victims treated under combined conventional and HBO2 treatment. Out o...

Arterial blood gas analysis is an important diagnostic and monitoring tool for respiratory abnormalities. In human medicine, lung complications often occur as a result of liver disease. Although pulmonary complications of liver disease have not been reported in dogs, we have frequently encountered hypoxemia in dogs with liver disorders, especially extrahepatic biliary obstruction. In addition, ...

Paraquat intoxication is characterized by multi-organ failure, causing substantial mortality and morbidity. Many paraquat patients experience acute kidney injury (AKI), sometimes requiring hemodialysis. We observed 222 paraquat-intoxicated patients between 2000 and 2012, and divided them into AKI (n = 103) and non-AKI (n = 119) groups. The mortality rate was higher for AKI than non-AKI patients...

Blood gas measurements obtained during 35 episodes of acute, severe asthma in 19 children were analysed. Arterial carbon dioxide tension (PaCO2) was mean (SD) 5.7 (1.2) kPa and the arterial oxygen tension (PaO2) was 7.7 (1.1)kPa. Hypoxaemia was severe (PaO2 less than or equal to 7.9 kPa) on 19 occasions, was present alone (type I) on eight of these, and was associated with hypercapnia (type II)...

Spontaneous periodic breathing, although a common feature in fullterm and preterm human infants, is scarce in other newborn mammals. The aim of this study was to induce periodic breathing in lambs. Four 10-day-old and two <48-h-old awake lambs were instrumented with jugular catheters connected to an extracorporeal membrane lung aimed at controlling arterial PCO2 (PaCO2). Arterial PO2 (PaO2) was...

Fifteen infants with transposition of the great arteries and severe hypoxaemia were treated with prostaglandin E2 infusions before atrial septostomy was performed. Twelve patients had simple transposition and three had small ventricular septal defects. The infusion resulted in a highly significant increase of PaO2 from 22 +/- 3 mmHg to 37 +/- 5 mmHg within one to two hours. Only one patient did...