BACKGROUND Patients with arteriovenous malformations are routinely monitored with arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) estimations (breathing air) from which an oxygen shunt fraction can be calculated. This simple estimation has been compared with an anatomically defined estimate of the right to left shunt using a radioisotopic method. The fall in SaO2 which occurs in patients with pulmonary arter...

Noninvasive measurement of arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) by pulse oximetry is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important technological advances in monitoring clinical patients. Pulse oximeters compute SaO2 by measuring differences in the visible and near infrared absorbances of fully oxygenated and deoxygenated arterial blood. Unlike clinical blood gas analyzers, which require a sa...

This study of paediatric intensive care patients aimed to determine where pulse oximetry probes shouid be placed to obtain the most accurate and reliable readings of peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2). Using arterial blood gas analysis (SaO2) as the gold standard and SpO2 92% and SaO2 < 90% as indicators of hypoxaemia, negative predictive values of SpO2 were 96%, 98% and 98% at the ear, thumb ...

Fetal heart rate monitoring is a poor predictor of fetal hypoxia due to its high false-positive rate. Utilizing novel transabdominal pulse oximeter (TFO), this study aimed demonstrate the feasibility non-invasive and direct assessment arterial blood oxygen saturation in-utero (SaO2) in hypoxic lamb model. was induced 3 gravid term ewes (137.3±3.2 days gestation) by placing an inflatable balloon...

The value of combining morphine with bupivacaine for caudal analgesia was investigated. Thirty children, undergoing orchidopexy, received a caudal block of 0.125% bupivacaine with or without morphine 0.05 mg kg-1. Analgesia, side-effects, ventilatory frequency and oxygen saturation (SaO2) were recorded after operation. None of the 15 patients receiving the bupivacaine-morphine mixture required ...

Potential Use of Pulse Oximetry for the Diagnosis of Testicular Torsion Scrotal Doppler ultrasonography (scrotal US) has been commonly used for evaluating patients with suspected testicular torsion (TT).1,2However, scrotalUS isnot available in allmedical facilities. Comparatively, pulse oximetry is easily available at all institutions; it is used for monitoring pulse oximeter saturation (SpO2) ...

Background: The Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc throughout the world, with 150 million cases to date and over 3 lives claimed worldwide. Aim: To explored difference in levels of SaO2 COVID-19 positive patients without COPD. Study design: Experimental Study. Methodology: From May2020 2021 admitted at Aziz Bhatti Shaheed hospital were included this studies. was confirmed by RT-PCR.COPD using ...

Background: As the blood oxygen level in patients with COVID-19, who show no symptoms despite highly insufficient of blood, physician should thus be constantly aware saturation and check it. Objectives: This study was conducted aim assessing concordance arterial (SaO2) pulse oximetry (SpO2) without COVID-19 hospitalized intensive care unit (ICU). Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive-ana...

Abstract Background Nowadays, it is generally assumed that non-pharmacologic pain relief in preterm infants an important measure to consider. Research findings suggest familiar odors have soothing effects for neonates. The aim of this study was compare the effect maternal breast milk odor (MBMO) with another mother’s (BMO) on behavioral responses caused by hepatitis B (HB) vaccine injection inf...