Two types of monitoring systems are currently approved for use in the United States. Both systems use small catheters placed into the brain to measure brain tissue oxygen regionally and are based ...

Users can assess the microcirculation of the patient’s limbs using a transcutaneous measurement of oxygen from the tissue. A transcutaneous monitoring solution with reproducible TCOM test ...

Transfusions of red blood cells (RBCs) can be life-saving treatments for patients suffering from anemia, where the body lacks enough healthy RBCs to effectively deliver oxygen around the body. But the ...

To address this, researchers are exploring new tools to monitor these effects ... hemoglobin and total hemoglobin. Oxygen extraction fractions decreased in both the brain and peripheral muscles, ...

Near-infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS), cerebral tissue oxygen extraction (FTOE ... to the NICU of the UMCG in 2009-2010 in whom NIRS-monitoring was performed. Mean values of FTOE were calculated ...