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Oxygen in myocardial infarction
Maintain normoxaemia until more evidence is available
BMJ 2010; 341 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c3715 (Published 13 July 2010) Cite this as: BMJ 2010;341:c3715- B Ronan O’Driscoll, consultant respiratory physician1,
- Luke S Howard, consultant chest physician2,
- Anthony G Davison, consultant chest physician3
- 1Salford Royal University Hospital, Salford M6 8HD
- 2Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London W12 0HS
- 3Southend University Hospital, Westcliff on Sea SS0 0RY
- ronan.o’driscoll{at}srft.nhs.uk
Atar’s advice to give oxygen to non-hypoxaemic patients with myocardial infarction is worrying.1 There is no evidence that normobaric hyperoxaemia is beneficial in myocardial infarction, but a non-significant increase in death and a significant increase in aspartate aminotransferase has been reported.2 Oxygen was given routinely to normoxaemic patients with strokes until it was shown to increase mortality significantly in patients with mild and …
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