Introduction Acute hypercapnic respiratory failure (AHRF) is associated with significant morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs. Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is recommended for AHRF which has not ...

The all-in-one optical fiber spectrometer offers a compact microscale design with performance on par with traditional laboratory-based systems. Miniaturized spectroscopy systems capable of detecting t ...

Miniaturized spectroscopy systems that can detect trace concentrations at the parts-per-billion (ppb) level are of the utmost ...

In obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS), a patient’s gender is not independently linked to worse clinical outcomes after adjusting for age.

Chinese researchers presented a novel miniaturized all-fiber photoacoustic spectrometer (FPAS) in a study that was published ...

One notable difference is the lack of a ventilatory frequency and ventilation difference between GF and SPF mice during the hypercapnic response pre-FMT, which has been reported previously (O’Connor ...

Background: The pathogenesis of daytime hypercapnia (PaCO 2 ≥ 45 mm Hg) may be directly linked to the existence of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) per se, although only some patients ...

Proportional assist ventilation is a promising addition to other more conventional modes of mechanical ventilation with the theoretical advantage of improving patient-ventilator interaction. It may ...

DURING the past decade many aspects of the pathophysiology of pulmonary heart failure have been extensively studied. However, very little attention has been paid to prognosis, once the peripheral ...