The Cardiology Advisor

Higher Peripheral Oxygen Saturation Measures Seen With Darker Skin Tone

Patients with darker skin tones have peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) readings that are higher than patients with a ...

Imaging technique can reduce benign breast biopsies by 25%

In breast cancer, a biopsy is the only diagnostic procedure that can determine if a suspicious lump or area is cancerous. However, in the U.S., between 75% and 80% of breast biopsies are benign.
BMJ Case Reports

Use of endotracheal epinephrine for refractory unanticipated post-intubation bronchospasm

Epinephrine is a commonly used agent for a variety of indications and clinical scenarios within the emergency department. It is commonly administered during cardiopulmonary arrest and serves as an ...
News-Medical.Net

Pulse oximeters miss hypoxemia more often in people with darker skin, study finds

This large prospective UK study compared five low-cost fingertip pulse oximeters with arterial blood gas measurements and ...
IEEE

Norest-Net: Normal Estimation Neural Network for 3-D Noisy Point Clouds

Abstract: The widely deployed ways to capture a set of unorganized points, e.g., merged laser scans, fusion of depth images, and structure-from-$x$ , usually yield a ...
IEEE

Maintaining Blood Oxygen Saturation Level with a Deep Learning Neural Network Model Using Real-Patient Data

Abstract: In times of pandemics, mechanical ventilators are indispensable for delivering controlled inspired oxygen (FiO2) to maintain appropriate blood oxygen saturation levels (SaO2). Abrupt drops ...