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Tag: Hyperoxia

ICU-ROX: Conservative vs Usual O2 Therapy During Mechanical Ventilation in the ICU

Background: The IOTA trial, was a systematic review and meta-analysis of 25 RCTs enrolling 16,000 patients with sepsis, critical illness, stroke, trauma, MI, cardiac arrest, and/or emergency surgery. In this review it was found that liberal use of O2 resulted ...

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REBEL Cast Ep 55 – Hyperoxia in the Critically Ill

Background: Critically ill patients come to the ED all the time and it is almost reflexive to liberally administer oxygen in these acutely ill patients.  Many providers may consider supplemental oxygen a harmless and potentially beneficial therapy in these patients, irrespective ...

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February 2017 REBEL Cast: The All Hyperoxia Edition

Background: Many providers and health care workers place oxygen on patients as a way to overcome hypoxemia or for patient comfort. Also in STEMI patients, many of us have learned the mnemonic “MONA” to remember the treatments for acute coronary ...

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