Supplemental oxygen is among the most widely prescribed therapies in the world, with an estimated 13 to 20 million patients worldwide requiring oxygen delivery by mechanical ventilation each year.

Fingertip monitors known as pulse oximeters that can be used at home to detect low blood oxygen levels (hypoxaemia) give ...

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, infects immature red blood cells, reducing oxygen in the blood and hindering immune response, according to a new study published in Stem Cell Reports.

FILE - A health worker uses a pulse oximeter to check the oxygen saturation level of another after administering COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Gauhati, India, Jan ...

Biochemical correlates of fatigue in patients at a comprehensive cancer center. Background: Dyspnea is an uncomfortable sensation of breathing that is common in hospice patients regardless of terminal ...

A new study, led by researchers at Uppsala University, shows that all individual patients suffering from severe COVID-19 may have lower oxygen requirements than was formerly believed. The study was ...

A recent study finds most critically injured patients can recover with less supplemental oxygen than has previously been suggested. When a critically injured patient is admitted to the hospital, how ...

Delayed diagnosis of fibrotic ILD leads to higher mortality rates and shorter overall survival, emphasizing the need for early clinical recognition. Supplemental oxygen therapy in fibrotic ILD ...