Why the study?
Does postoperative nasal oxygen therapy improve arterial oxygen tension in patients with fractured neck of femur?
Does postoperative nasal oxygen therapy improve arterial oxygen tension in patients with fractured neck of femur?
Postoperative nasal oxygen therapy for five days effectively increases arterial oxygen tension in patients recovering from a fractured neck of femur.
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May support nasal oxygen to raise PaO2 after hip fracture repair; hypothesis-generating and requires RCTs before practice change.
Dyson et al. (1988) studied this question.
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