First you will come to the Sirens who enchant all who come near them. If any one unwarily
draws in too close and hears the singing of the Sirens, his wife and children will never …

Perhaps nothing in medicine is more steeped in myth than oxygen. From its initial success in
treating pulmonary tuberculosis to its failure in treating cholera, oxygen has fallen in and out …

IT IS ALWAYS a difficult task to praise famous men, the more difficult for me in the case of Dr.
Blackfan since this particular Blackfan Memorial Lecture is also linked with the memory of …

“The chess-board is the world; the pieces are the phenomena of the universe; the rules of
the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us …

Oxygen therapy is one of the most ubiquitously applied therapies in modern medicine.
Clinicians usually react rapidly to declining oxygen saturations. Although this response is …

In this issue of The Journal, Kapadia et al present data from the University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas indicating that hyperoxemia occurring in the first hour …

In the 1940s, Wilson et al. observed that periodic breathing in premature infants was nearly
eliminated with the use of 70% oxygen. 1 Although Wilson cautioned against unrestricted …

Oxygen must have been given to more infants than any other medicinal product in the last
60 years. Despite that, we still know very little about how much infants actually need, or how …

Children with lung disease can have low levels of oxygen in their bodies and some need to
use extra (supplemental) oxygen in order to bring their oxygen levels up to a healthier level …

In February, 2019, the American Thoracic Society (ATS) released new guidance for home
oxygen therapy in children with chronic respiratory conditions. These guidelines, drawn up …