Using Oxygen in suspected ACS - with Professor Bridget Dicker

Professor Bridget Dicker tells us about a New Zealand based study, published in the BMJ, on which she was one of the authors.  It looked at High flow oxygen and risk of mortality in patients with suspected ACS.

 

High flow oxygen and risk of mortality in patients with a suspected acute coronary syndrome: pragmatic, cluster randomised, crossover trial.  Stewart R et al.  BMJ 2021;372:n355

 

Read the paper here - https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n355

 

You should all check out the St John CPGs - https://www.stjohn.org.nz/globalassets/documents/health-practitioners/clinical-procedures-and-guidelines---comprehensive-edition.pdf

 

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