Search results for "Hypoxemia"
Hypoxemia risk lower with noninvasive ventilation before intubation
Hypoxemia occurred in 9.1% of critically ill patients randomized to noninvasive ventilation before tracheal intubation, compared to 18.5% of those who got an oxygen mask instead, a trial in 24 U.S. EDs and ICUs found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/06/26/hypoxemia-risk-lower-with-noninvasive-ventilation-before-intubation.htm
26 Jun 2024
New research on steroids, tocilizumab, interferon beta-1a in COVID-19 inpatients
A 12-mg dose of dexamethasone didn't work any better than 6 mg in a trial of patients with severe hypoxemia, tocilizumab seemed to outperform steroids only in patients with the most inflammation, and interferon beta-1a did not help hospitalized patients on remdesivir.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/10/27/1.htm
27 Oct 2021
Occult hypoxemia more common in hospitalized patients with darker skin, review finds
Occult hypoxemia, a pulse oximetry reading higher than the arterial oxygen saturation, was 67% more likely in Black patients and 39% more likely in patients identifying as Asian, Latinx, Indigenous, multiracial, or other race compared with White patients, a review found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/07/24/occult-hypoxemia-more-common-in-hospitalized-patients-with-darker-skin-review-finds.htm
24 Jul 2024
July 24, 2024
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Studies find practice variation and frequent adverse events with mechanical ventilation
About 45% of critically ill patients experienced at least one major adverse peri-intubation event in one international study, while another study found that weaning and discontinuation practices vary around the world.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/31/5.htm
31 Mar 2021
June 26, 2024
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/06/26/
New COVID-19 treatment, monitoring, isolation guidance
The Infectious Diseases Society of America newly suggested tocilizumab for some patients, while the CDC offered guidance on isolation duration for immunocompromised patients and pulse oximetry accuracy and published safety data on the currently available vaccines. Recent studies looked at vitamin D and anticoagulation in COVID-19.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/24/2.htm
24 Feb 2021
April 27, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/27/
No significant effect seen from routine oxygen therapy in normoxic patients with MI
A subgroup analysis of the DETO2X-AMI trial compared death, rehospitalization with myocardial infarction (MI), and heart failure in patients who had low-normal or high-normal oxygen saturation after MI and were assigned to oxygen therapy or ambient air.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/12/18/3.htm
18 Dec 2019
March 2011
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/03/