Transtracheal oxygen therapy (TTOT) is a minimally invasive procedure that is achieved through percutaneously placed devices that allow for long-term oxygen use. This procedure only deals with methods ...

THE need to lessen hypoxemia during acute episodes of worsened respiratory failure in patients with chronic obstructive lung disease is generally accepted. This situation poses a special problem in ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A newer trend in oxygen therapy before a procedure may help in healing afterward. A hyperbaric chamber allows a person to breathe in pure oxygen in a pressurized environment for ...

Two years ago, everything changed for Ruth McCoy when this young grandmother took some aspirin for a headache - a total of 10 in two days. Sometime during the night, I guess I passed out on the floor, ...

Unnecessarily high concentrations of oxygen given to patients under general anesthesia may increase risk of injury to the kidneys, lungs and heart, according to a large Vanderbilt University Medical ...

ALTHOUGH the hazards of many therapeutic procedures are reasonably well known, clinicians need to be reminded occasionally that measures thought to be perfectly safe may be dangerous under certain ...

For surgery in small rodents, the current generation of inhalation anesthetics can substantially improve safety and health compared with agents such as diethyl ether and chloroform, which were ...