IN normal persons chronic hypoxia results in polycythemia. This phenomenon has been recognized and studied in high-altitude dwellers, and data obtained from such studies have come to be accepted as ...

Hypermagnesemia commonly occurs in patients with renal dysfunction. Diagnosing hypermagnesemia represents a challenge due to its rarity and the absence of routine monitoring of magnesium levels.

A recent study examined the effects of acidic water on octopuses, potentially bringing new insight into both how our activities impact the world around us, and the way that world is adapting in ...

Six-week-old male normotensive Wistar Kyoto (WKY; n=12), SHR (n=10), and SHHF rats (n=16) were purchased from Charles River (Barcelona, Spain), and held under light- and temperature-controlled ...

Central venous-arterial carbon dioxide difference (PCO2 gap) can be a marker of cardiac output adequacy in global metabolic conditions that are less affected by the impairment of oxygen extraction ...

A CO2 blood test measures the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the blood serum, which is the liquid part of blood. It’s typically used to screen for kidney, respiratory, or metabolic disorders. You ...

Oncology Nurse Advisor, a trusted source of medical news and feature content for healthcare providers, offers clinicians insight into the latest research to inform clinical practice and improve ...

The correlation between dissolved carbon dioxide (pCO2) and cell growth, cell metabolism, productivity and product quality has often been reported. However, since pCO2 values in bioprocesses always ...

Eleven healthy individuals (1 women, subject 1; Table), age 27±7 years, height 179±9 cm, weight 73±8 kg (mean±SD) were recruited to participate in the study, which was approved by the Central Regional ...