Excess oxygen in blood after cardiac resuscitation may increase risk of in-hospital death

Thursday, June 3, 2010 - 09:22 in Health & Medicine

Patients who have excessive oxygen levels in arterial blood (hyperoxia) following resuscitation from cardiac arrest have a higher rate of death in the hospital than similar patients without arterial hyperoxia, according to a new study.

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