In a new study, researchers compared the associations between several measures of breathing patterns during sleep and daytime sleepiness related to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). They found that ...

Nocturnal oxygen therapy for patients with COPD and isolated nocturnal oxygen desaturation does not improve survival or delay disease progression, according to findings published September 17 in The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In more than 70% of patients with COPD, a positive expiratory pressure device improved exertional dyspnea. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a recent study, oxygen desaturation rates in infants with acute bronchiolitis were high and occurred in most ...

Obese patients may experience more severe blood oxygen desaturation during apnea and hypopnea events, researchers say. Body mass index (BMI) was positively associated with the severity of oxygen ...

Long-term oxygen therapy not beneficial for COPD with moderate desaturation. Long-term supplemental oxygen has no benefit in patients with stable COPD and resting or exercise-induced moderate ...

Up to one third of patients with patent foramen ovale (PFO) experience oxygen desaturation after exercise, a condition that is greatly ameliorated by closure of the defect, according to findings in ...

Mitochondrial integrity relies on homotypic fusion between adjacent outer membranes, which is mediated by large GTPases called mitofusins. The regulation of this process remains nonetheless elusive.

Scant data have been published on the oxygenation and safety measures required for the aeromedical transport of infants. Current guidelines recommend avoidance of air travel for infants younger than 1 ...

Recent studies strongly suggest that nocturnal oxygen desaturation in children with sickle cell anemia is associated with an increase incidence of pain and stroke. However, no relationship has been ...