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

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 ...

Three clinical variables—difference between respiratory rate and normal respiratory rate for age/breaths per minute, sputum or ratty chest, and oxygen saturation <95%—combined might differentiate ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Breathing changes with age occur so gradually that most people fail to recognize them until well advanced. The respiratory system undergoes predictable alterations beginning around age 30, with ...