The meaning of CYANOSIS is a bluish or purplish discoloration (as of skin) due to deficient oxygenation of the blood.
of unsaturated hemoglobin, was to be considered as the threshold for cyanosis. Because of advances that have been made since the original papers, a review of cyanosis is indicated.MethodPatients were selected from the Pediatric Cardiology Service of the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital and ...
Described first in 1940, POTS is one of the common causes of orthostatic symptoms in females. POTS is defined as orthostatic intolerance associated with tachycardia exceeding 120 beats/min (bpm) or an increase in the heart rate (HR) of 30 bpm from baseline within 10 min of changing the ...