Cytokinetics has revealed the results from a phase 3 trial of its hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) drug aficamten that it hopes will allow it to compete with Bristol-Myers Squibb’s first-to-market ...

Methods: To achieve these objectives, we included 14 healthy participants aged 23-39 years in the study, and we induced several stable plateaus of arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) ranging from ...

Correspondence to Dr Tomio Tran, Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; tomit37{at}gmail.com Objective To evaluate for correlation between exercise ...

For any given SaO2, SpO2 readings are higher for those with darker versus lighter skin tone. HealthDay News — Patients with darker skin tones have peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO 2) readings that ...

A major UK study shows that commonly used home pulse oximeters can overestimate oxygen levels in people with darker skin, increasing the risk of undetected hypoxemia and raising urgent questions about ...

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In the EXAKT study from the U.K., the home-use pulse oximeters assessed all gave higher oxygen saturation (SpO2) readings for patients with darker skin tones than for patients with lighter skin tones.

动脉血气分析是危重症患者必不可少的检查手段，可用来判断机体是否存在酸碱平衡失调、判断通气换气功能、缺氧及缺氧程度等等。此外还需要结合其他检查，结合临床动态观察，才能正确判断患者的体内环境。掌握各项指标的含义，这样有助于对异常指标的 ...

Stifel analysts said the label for cardiac myosin inhibitor Myqorzo is in line with their expectations and is differentiated compared with BMS’ Camzyos. Cytokinetics has won FDA approval of its ...

Abstract: This paper proposes a novel mathematical model that quantitatively defines the relationships between the arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2), the arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) and ...

The SOFA-2 score included new definitions, new variables, and revised thresholds to categorize the severity of organ dysfunction in critical illness. The updates reflected changes in practice, ...