Mechanical ventilation is the most used short-term life support technique worldwide and is
applied daily for a diverse spectrum of indications, from scheduled surgical procedures to …

BACKGROUND: International guidelines recommend the routine use of oxygen in the initial
treatment of myocardial infarction, yet it is uncertain what effect this might have on …

Two-hundred consecutive patients thought to have suffered a myocardial infarction were
admitted to a randomised, double-blind controlled trial of oxygen or air administered by MC …

Abstract Serum-free-fatty-acid (FFA) levels measured in 200 patients during the first forty-
eight hours after an acute myocardial infarction have been related to the prevalence of …

Initial and follow-up fasting serum glucose levels following acute stroke were evaluated
retrospectively in 392 selected hospitalized patients. Transitory reactive hyperglycaemia …

Context: International guidelines recommend the routine use of oxygen therapy in the
treatment of myocardial infarction (MI). Objective: To undertake a systematic review and …

In medical emergencies, supplemental oxygen is often administrated routinely. Most
paramedics and physicians believe that high concentrations of oxygen are life-saving [1] …

Under the terms of the Goulstonian Trustof 1632 this lecture should be read" between
Michaelmas and Easter, on three days together, both forenoon and afternoon, on some …

A LTHOIXH studies over the past two decades have greatly enlarged our understanding of
some forms of heart ailments and have resulted in many important therapeutic innovations …

Coronary heart diseaseexcited little interest among cardiologists in the 1950s. In 1959 only
six out of 65 articles in the British Heart Journal were on coronary disease and in 1964 …