The following is a summary of “Partial pressure of carbon dioxide/pH interaction and its association with mortality among patients mechanically ventilated in the emergency department,” published in ...

Arterial blood gas measurement is a standard way to initiate and monitor Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in acute hypercapnic respiratory Failure. It is painful for patients and time and resource ...

A proper understanding of the terms acidosis, alkalosis, acidemia, and alkalemia is necessary to differentiate simple from mixed acid base disorders. Acidosis and alkalosis refer to the ...

A large multi-centre study has made an important finding about the relationship between hypercapnia (high carbon dioxide or CO2) in the blood of patients with acute brain injury and hospital mortality ...

An innovative tool for assessing the impact of climate change in the ocean: measuring pCO2 at sea with the SeaExplorer underwater gliderUnderstanding the ocean’s role in the global carbon cycle and ...

ABSTRACT: Altered blood chemistry, acid-base and electrolyte are suggested determinants of sleep disturbance, with frequent arousal at high altitude even in well and long-trained altitude marathon ...

The Gulf of Mexico (GoM) is an essential marine ecosystem that supports significant fishery activities (both commercial and recreational). There are two types of coral reefs in the northwestern GoM ...