The aim of this study was to determine whether morphine depresses the ventilatory responses elicited by a hypoxic challenge (10% O2, 90% N2) in conscious rats at a time when the effects of morphine on arterial blood gas (ABG) chemistry, Alveolar-arterial (A-a) gradient and minute ventilation (VM) had completely subsided. In vehicle-treated rats, each episode of hypoxia stimulated ventilatory fu...

PURPOSE: Our aim is to compare the pulmonary rehabilitation outcomes of male and female patients diagnosed with COPD.
 METHODS: Outpatient PR program, consisting 16 sessions, two times a week for months was applied COPD (41 males, 41 females). arterial blood gas (ABG) analyzes function tests (PFT), 6-minute walking test (6MWT), dyspnea scale (mMRC), health-related quality life (QoL) questi...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To assess the impact of pulse oximetry (SpO2) on the indications and the number of arterial blood gas (ABG) levels ordered in an adult emergency department (ED). DESIGN A prospective study during a 2-month period in 1993 with a pulse oximeter available and a comparison with the same period in 1992 without the oximeter. SETTING An adult medical ED of a university hospital in...

BACKGROUND No studies have examined the clinical utility of arterial blood gas (ABG) values during spontaneous breathing trials (SBTs) for making extubation decisions. Nonetheless many intensive care units measure ABGs during an SBT to determine, in conjunction with other data, whether the SBT was successful. OBJECTIVE Determine how often ABG values change extubation decisions. METHODS Each...

The aim of this prospective study was to investigate the arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis, which is considered gold standard, and complete count (CBC) as a complementary test in neonatal calves with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) due aspiration pneumonia. Ten healthy 20 ARDS milk/colostrum were enrolled study. Clinical examinations performed at admission. ABG analyses determine pre...

Objective: To investigate the role of arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis parameters (blood carbon dioxide, pCO2; oxygen, pO2; carbonate, HCO3?; standard base excess, SBE) in monitoring respiratory function and ventilation compliance after noninvasive mechanical (NIV) adaptation, predicting survival ALS patients. Methods: We selected first ABG performed NIV start patients followed from 2000 to 20...

OBJECTIVE To discuss the effect of edaravone on serum pulmonary surfactant protein A (SP-A) and arterial blood gas (ABG) in patients with thoracoscopic lobectomy. METHODS 40 lung cancer patients with right side of lobectomy were randomly divided into control group (group C, 20 cases) and edaravone group (group E, 20 cases). Group E was treated edaravone (1 mg/kg) between induction and skin in...

BACKGROUND The analysis of arterial blood gas (ABG) is an invasive procedure that is used frequently in the emergency department (ED) to evaluate the acid-base status of critically-ill patients. However, capnometry is an alternative procedure that has been used in recent years to determine the metabolic status of patients' blood. Considering the correlation between end-tidal carbon dioxide (ETC...

Introduction: The routine and gold standard method to diagnose of acid - base disturbance is arterial blood gas (ABG) sampling. Capnography could be used to measure the end-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) levels and ETco2 has a close correlation with the PaCo2. The aim of this study was comparison the ETco2 and arterial blood bicarbonate levels in patients with metabolic acidosis. Methods: In a de...