The determinants for oxygen delivery: is increased fraction of inspired oxygen always crucial?

Oxygen (O2) therapy consists in the administration of a gas mixture with a percentage of O2 increased and it is one of the most common aids used in hypoxia. In this paper we presented the data analyzed by Huang, as a pretext to try to provide an explanation of the physiopathological effects of oxyge...

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Main Authors: Francesco Nicosia, Francesco Savelli, Federico Lari, Raffaella Di Luzio, Fabrizio Giostra, Nicola Di Battista
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2014-05-01
Series:Emergency Care Journal
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Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/1636