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Supplementary oxygen for nonhypoxemic patients: O(2 )much of a good thing?

Supplementary oxygen is routinely administered to patients, even those with adequate oxygen saturations, in the belief that it increases oxygen delivery. But oxygen delivery depends not just on arterial oxygen content but also on perfusion. It is not widely recognized that hyperoxia causes vasoconst...

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Autores principales: Iscoe, Steve, Beasley, Richard, Fisher, Joseph A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3218982/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21722334
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc10229