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Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Preoxygenation Strategies For Intubation of Critically Ill Patients

What are the differences in efficacy and safety of HFNC, NIPPV, and facemask oxygen for preoxygenation of patients who are critically ill requiring tracheal intubation?

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ResuscitationThoracic and Respiratory

The TRAUMOX2 Trial: Early Restrictive vs Liberal Oxygen Strategies in Adult Trauma Patients

The TRAUMOX2 trial was an open-label pragmatic, international randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate whether a restrictive oxygen strategy targeting lower oxygen saturation reduces death and/or major respiratory complications compared with a liberal oxygen strategy in adult trauma patients.

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ResuscitationTrauma

REBEL Cast Ep114: High Flow O2, Suspected ACS, and Mortality?

Background: Historically, we have treated acute coronary syndrome with supplemental oxygen regardless of the patient’s oxygen saturation.  This intervention was based on the belief that pushing the patient’s PaO2 to supra therapeutic levels would increase O2 delivery to ischemic myocardium ...

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Cardiovascular

Is All Oxygen Created Equal?

Background: Oxygen therapy is frequently used in the emergency department for the treatment of hypoxia and respiratory failure and can be delivered in a variety of ways. Conventional oxygen therapy (COT) via nasal cannula is often a first line treatment, ...

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Thoracic and Respiratory

The Death of MONA in ACS: Part II – Oxygen

Background: The first report for supplemental oxygen for angina was in 1900, and since then oxygen therapy has been a commonly used treatment of patients with ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI).  The reason for this is the belief that supplemental oxygen ...

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Cardiovascular

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