Myocardial injury and mortality in patients with excessive oxygen administration before cardiac arrest.

Of 163 patients with cardiac arrest, 28 had excessive oxygen administration (17%), 105 had normal oxygen administration (64%) and 30 had insufficient oxygen administration (18%) before cardiac arrest. Peak troponin was median 224 ng/L in the excessive oxygen administration group vs. 365 ng/L in the normal oxygen administration group (p=0.54); 20 of 28 (71%) in the excessive oxygen administration group died within 30 days compared to 54 of 105 (51%) in the normal oxygen administration group. (OR 1.87, 95%CI 0.56-6.19) CONCLUSIONS: Excessive oxygen administration within 48 hours before in-hospital cardiac arrest was not statistically associated with significantly higher peak troponin or mortality. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.