Abstract: The ability to monitor blood gases, namely oxy-gen and carbon dioxide, in real-time is of critical importance to clinicians in diagnosing and treating respiratory disorders. Transcutaneous ...

Blood pressure is the amount of pressure that your blood exerts on the blood vessels in your body. As your heart beats, it contracts and relaxes, pushing blood out of the heart to the arteries, which ...

For accurate readings, check your blood pressure twice a day, take five minutes to relax, and make sure you're following your monitor's directions.

For adults, an ideal blood pressure remains below 120/70 mmHg. In older adults, slightly higher values may be tolerated, but ...

One of the most defining markers of heart health is blood pressure. High blood pressure or Hypertension, is a common ailment ...

Pressure on lawmakers to reach a deal to end the government shutdown is expected to rise this week with the prospect that workers will begin to lose paychecks, including members of the military.

Body mass index, or BMI for short, is a measure of body weight based on your height. For decades, BMI has been a way to measure whether someone is at a healthy weight. In general, people are ...

Dose-dependent increases in BP were seen after alcohol initiation, with direction of effect consistent across sexes.

Multivariable equations are recommended by primary prevention guidelines to assess absolute risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, current equations have several limitations. Therefore, we ...

The 2023 European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) hypertension guidelines both emphasize proper blood pressure (BP) ...