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Is it clinically necessary to provide supplemental oxygen to patients with mild, asymptomatic hypoxemia only during activity while they are recovering from an acute respiratory illness?
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Hospital Medicine · Yale School of Medicine/Yale-New Haven Hospital
My practice is to withhold supplemental oxygen in patients with mild, asymptomatic hypoxemia during exertion when the underlying condition is expected to improve. I am not aware of strong evidence supporting the benefit in these cases, and I believe the potential harms generally outweigh any theoret...