1 Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMBS), University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon. 2 Douala General Hospital, Douala, Cameroon. 3 Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences (FMSP), ...

Introduction Tracheal intubation and invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) significantly decreased mortality of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in extremely preterm infants (28 weeks’ gestational ...

Background Early warning systems (EWS) used across the world typically assign a fixed number of points to patients receiving supplemental oxygen, regardless of amount. This ordinal binary approach may ...

Definitions of hypoxaemia, hypoxia, type 1 respiratory failure and hyperoxaemia Definition of hypercapnia and type 2 respiratory failure Definition of acidosis (respiratory acidosis and metabolic ...

aBirmingham Acute Care Research Group, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, New Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Birmingham, 1st Floor, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham B15 2WB, United Kingdom ...

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China. Acute respiratory failure is one of the most common complications after cardiac surgery, and with ...

Correspondence to Dr Lisa Sabir, The University of Sheffield School of Health and Related Research, Sheffield, Sheffield, UK; l.sabir{at}sheffield.ac.uk Background Guidelines for adults presenting to ...

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Introduction High-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) use in adults hospitalised with acute respiratory failure (ARF) is increasing. However, evidence to support widespread use of HFNO compared with non-invasive ...

Respiratory distress (RD) in newborn is characterized by increased work of breathing (WOB) in the form of tachypnea, grunting, chest retractions, and often associated with reduced air entry and ...

1 Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada 2 Department of Medicine, Division of Respirology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada 3 ...

bDivision of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine and Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, ...