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1048 Incidence of hyperoxia in traumatically injured patients receiving pre-hospital emergency anaesthesia: a 5-year retrospective analysis

In the prehospital setting where ABGA is not readily available, target SpO2 of 94–98% as recommended in BTS Guidelines should guide FiO2 titration to reduce risk of tissue hyperoxia. Predeparture ...
BMJ

When to treat with surfactant?

Correspondence to Dr David G Sweet, Neonatal Unit, Royal Maternity Hospital, Belfast, Belfast, UK; david.sweet{at}belfasttrust.hscni.net What should neonatologists do now, while acknowledging that we ...
thorax.bmj

A randomised trial of domiciliary, ambulatory oxygen in patients with COPD and dyspnoea but without resting hypoxaemia

1 Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia 2 Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia 3 The Northern ...
BMJ

Renal resistive index reflects Fontan pathophysiology and predicts mortality

Correspondence to Dr Hideo Ohuchi, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, 5-7-1, Fujishiro-dai, Suita, Osaka 565-8565, Japan; hohuchi{at}hsp.ncvc.go.jp ...
BMJ

Supplemental oxygen for pulmonary embolism (SO-PE): study protocol for a mechanistic, randomised, blinded, cross-over study

Background Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) mortality is linked to abrupt rises in pulmonary artery (PA) pressure due to mechanical obstruction and pulmonary vasoconstriction, leading to right ...
Journal of Medical Internet Research

Validation of the Withings ScanWatch as a Wrist-Worn Reflective Pulse Oximeter: Prospective Interventional Clinical Study

Methods: To achieve these objectives, we included 14 healthy participants aged 23-39 years in the study, and we induced several stable plateaus of arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) ranging from ...