Crit Care Resusc
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Multicenter Study
The association between early arterial oxygenation and mortality in ventilated patients with acute ischaemic stroke.
There are conflicting data that suggest that hyperoxia may be associated with either worse or better outcomes in patients suffering a stroke. ⋯ We found no association between worst arterial oxygen tension in the first 24 hours in ICU and outcome in ventilated patients with ischaemic stroke.
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We describe a case of a 51-year-old man who ingested methylene chloride and presented with the classical clinical features. He developed an acute abdomen that required repeated laparotomy. The effect of an ethanol infusion on carboxyhaemoglobin concentrations in this case was also of interest and could potentially be a new treatment modality.