The process consists of multiple overlapping steps, including blood flow, diffusion of oxygen, chemical reactions inside cells, and oxygen uptake by tissues. As these processes occur simultaneously ...

When patients with a tracheostomy tube reach a stage in their care at which decannulation appears to be possible, it is common practice to cap the tracheostomy tube for 24 hours to see whether they ...

Data are needed on the effect of oxygen delivered through a high-flow nasal cannula, as compared with standard oxygen therapy, on intubation and mortality in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory ...

Based in Tampa, Florida, Virginia Pelley is a former women's magazine editor who has written health and fitness content for Men's Journal, Cosmopolitan magazine, the Chicago Tribune, ...

Among ICU patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, high-flow nasal oxygen reduced the incidence of intubation but did not significantly reduce 28-day mortality compared with standard oxygen ...