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Podcast #380: Oxygen for the kill
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:03:10
Publish Date: 2018-09-17 11:00:00
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Author:  Ryan Circh, MD

Educational Pearls:

 

  • Review of 25 randomized control trials encompassing 16,037 acutely ill hospitalized patients
  • Patients given oxygen with saturations > 94% on room air were found to have associated increased mortality in-hospital, at 30-days, and at long-term follow up
  • It may seem intuitive, but do not give oxygen to patients that do not need it

 

References:

Chu DK, et al (2018). Mortality and morbidity in acutely ill adults treated with liberal versus conservative oxygen therapy (IOTA): a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet. 391(10131):1693-1705
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