Background: Oxygen saturation refers to the quantity of oxygenated hemoglobin in the blood, that is to say the level of oxygen measurable in the red blood cells when they have passed through the lungs. The aim of this...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82270690 and 82200732);Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(No.2021A1515012382,2022A1515011919 and 2022A1515012519).
Liver transplantation(LT)is the only effective treatment for hepatopulmonary syndrome(HPS).Moreover,perioperative refractory hypoxemia(pRH)is a prevalent life-threatening condition and has extremely limited treatment ...
Background:Silent hypoxemia is when patients do not experience breathing difficulty in the presence of alarmingly low O2 saturation.It could cause rapid deterioration and higher mortality rates among patients,so promp...
BACKGROUND Patients with tetralogy of Fallot(TOF)often have arrhythmias,commonly being atrial fibrillation(AF).Radiofrequency ablation is an effective treatment for AF and does not usually cause severe postoperative h...
Mechanical circulatory and/or respiratory assistance with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has become a standard of care for patients with circulatory (venoarterial) and/or respiratory (venovenous) failure r...
BACKGROUND Due to the lack of published literature about treatment of refractory hepatopulmonary syndrome(HPS)after liver transplant(LT),this case adds information and experience on this issue along with a treatment w...
Background Myocarditis is one of the presentations of multisystemic infammatory syndrome in children(MIS-C)following coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19).Although the reported short-term prognosis is good,data regarding...
COVID-19 patients often experience dyspnea due to several factors. The underlying unique pathophysiology of dyspnea in COVID-19 is not yet fully understood, but it is believed to be related to a combination of respira...
Clinically,it is widely recognized that surgical treatment is the preferred and reliable option for Stanford type A aortic dissection.Stanford type A aortic dissection is an emergent and serious cardiovascular disease...
BACKGROUND Vascular injury during thoracoscopic surgery for esophageal cancer is a rare but life-threatening complication that can lead to severe hypotension and hypoxemia.Anesthesiologists need to provide rapid and e...