If you are facing shortness of breath, don't overlook it as it may be connected to underlying heart issues.

You arrive for a difficulty-breathing emergency. The patient is alert and oriented and complaining of difficulty breathing. The patient appears to be mildly distressed and slightly anxious, but vitals ...

Vital signs measure the body’s most essential functions. They include heart rate, body temperature, respiratory rate, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation. Healthcare professionals use vital signs to ...

Of note, if the patient is bedfast, complete evaluation of respiratory efficiency is often less than optimal because chest expansion is not always symmetric and percussion notes may be less resonant.

Sleep apnoea is a disorder where your breathing stops and starts while you sleep with serious health implications - but how ...

Two easily measurable signs of health - respiration rate and blood-oxygen saturation - are distinctly predictive of higher mortality among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a study ...

A study of 1,095 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 discovered that two easily measurable signs of health - respiration rate and blood-oxygen saturation - are distinctly predictive of higher ...

A study of 1,095 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 found that two easily measured signs of health -- respiration rate and blood-oxygen saturation -- predict higher mortality. A study of 1,095 ...