BACKGROUND Fetal color Doppler is important for evaluation of hypoxia in intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) fetus. OBJECTIVE In this study we compare fetal and maternal color Doppler with blood gas analysis to detect fetal acidosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study we evaluated 100 hospitalized patients with IUGR for comparison of color Doppler results with arterial b...

The acid-base status and arterial blood gas change with temperature variation. To determine the changes in arterial pH and pC02, arterial blood samples of 50 neonates with different clinical conditions were examined at temperatures of 35 to 42°C with an increment of 0.5° C, which resulted in two nonlinear equations with perfect fit on data. The temperature correction factors of these equati...

Abstract Introduction The novel coronavirus SARS-Cov-2 can infect the respiratory tract causing a spectrum of disease varying from mild to fatal pneumonia, and known as COVID-19. Ongoing clinical research is assessing potential for long-term sequelae in these patients. We assessed function cohort patients after recovering infection, stratified according PaO 2 /FiO (p/F) values. Method Approxima...

Abstract Background Methaemoglobinemia (MetHb) is a rare entity in clinical practice which often goes undiagnosed and keeps both the anaesthesiologist attending surgeon under tension during surgery on seeing dark or chocolate-coloured blood surgical field. A low oxygen saturation (SpO2) will further panic us to search for cause but may end futile. To add further, SpO2 not rise significantly wit...

We report the case of a 17-year-old male with Marfanoid habitus who presented with deep cyanosis, haematemesis, dyspnoea and platypnoea. He had oesophageal varices, indicating portal hypertension, with mildly deranged liver function. His arterial blood gas (ABG) revealed hypoxia and orthodeoxia. Contrast-enhanced echocardiography with agitated saline and a 99m Technetium macro-aggregated albumi...

Intrauterine passage of meconium may be due to fetal hypoxia, or it simply indicate a normal gastrointestinal tract maturation. Umbilical cord blood pH is the best available criterion for detecting hypoxia and making appropriate decisions about care after birth. To determine correlation umbilical arterial with stained liquor neonatal outcome. whether mode delivery had any influence on occurrenc...

With increasing use of arterial blood gas analysis in various ward and other hospital settings to aid medical diagnosis and management, nurses who can interpret results are often able to initiate earlier interventions and understand the reasons for medical interventions. This article enables nurses to interpret such results.

INTRODUCTION Sternal fractures are a painful condition which can result in pulmonary morbidity if not treated promptly. The management of isolated fractures has changed from hospital to home-based treatment, provided other major injuries have been excluded. Pain management is the mainstay of treatment. In this case report, we describe how a parasternal block under ultrasound guidance for sterna...

Sleep disturbance related symptoms are common in patients with long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT). Essentially, there were only few previous reports about the sleep architecture in patients with respiratory disease, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This study aims to clarify the objective sleep state and the elements that affect sleep architecture in Chronic Respiratory Failur...