Recent advances in noninvasive cardiac output measurement techniques have greatly enhanced the ability to monitor haemodynamics in paediatric patients with minimal risk. These methodologies, which ...

It’s how much blood your heart pumps in 1 minute. Your doctor uses the measurement to see if you might have heart problems or to check how well a treatment works. Your blood carries oxygen and ...

For children with adenotonsillar hypertrophy (ATH) and obstructive sleep-disordered breathing (OSDB), adenotonsillectomy is associated with a significant reduction in resting heart rate and estimated ...

When the heart contracts it pushes blood into blood vessels which creates blood pressure. A blood pressure reading consists of two values: systolic value – blood pressure while the heart is squeezing ...

transport and deliver oxygen, nutrients and hormones to the body remove waste products such as carbon dioxide and lactic acid protection against disease and infection maintain body temperature When a ...