Incidence of Hyperoxia in Combat Wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan: A Potential Opportunity for Oxygen Conservation.

CONCLUSIONS: In our dataset, more than 1 in 5 casualties overall had documented hyperoxia on ABG measurement, 1 in 3 intubated casualties, and almost 1 in 2 TBI casualties. With limited oxygen supplies in theater and logistical challenges with oxygen resupply, efforts to avoid unnecessary oxygen supplementation may have material impact on preserving this scarce resource and avoid potential detrimental clinical effects from supraphysiologic oxygen concentrations. PMID: 31141134 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Military Medicine - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Mil Med Source Type: research