-> CN>overoxygenation. Severe COPDer, physician at E.R., also our med
-> CN>control doc, said that it was that or it was just time for the
-> pt. to
-> CN>die. I would have figured the latter. Pt. hadn't been on NRB O2 bu
  
Well, the doctor said it was either or. Actually, she said it was due
to the high percentage O2, but when the medic later asked her why she
thought that, she said it was a 50-50 chance. That's why I would bet it
was more than just the O2, because I also was taught it would take
several hours, and also because a doc has never proved to me that a pt.
resp. arresting was soley due to the O2...
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