RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Hoyle, Brian
T1 AVOID: Oxygen Use Damaging in STEMI
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2014
FD SAGE Publications
VO 14
IS 52
SP 22
OP 23
DO 10.1177/155989771452014
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/52/22.abstract
AB The use of oxygen in the initial treatment of patients with suspected myocardial infarction (MI) dates back over a century. However, there is scant evidence for the benefit of oxygen in patients without hypoxia. The multicenter controlled AVOID trial compared routine supplemental oxygen with no supplemental oxygen on myocardial infarct size in normoxic (=?94%) patients with STEMI, as discussed in this article.