Studies in the area of life sciences reported from National University, Department of Medicine

Investigators publish new data in the report 'Monitoring of extubated patients: are routine arterial blood gas measurements useful and how long should patients be monitored in the intensive care unit.' "Restitution of respiratory support, which may include continuous positive airway pressure, non-invasive ventilation or reintubation, is needed in some patients post-extubation. We aimed to investigate whether serial arterial blood gas measurements done in the post-extubation period would help to identify such patients and to delineate the optimal post-extubation duration for close monitoring," scientists in Singapore, Singapore report.

"We retrospectively analysed 115...

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