The SOS pilot study: a RCT of routine oxygen supplementation early after acute stroke--effect on recovery of neurological function at one week

Abstract

Mild hypoxia is common after stroke and associated with poor long-term outcome. Oxygen supplementation could prevent hypoxia and improve recovery. A previous study of routine oxygen supplementation showed no significant benefit at 7 and 12 months. This pilot study reports the effects of routine oxygen supplementation for 72 hours on oxygen saturation and neurological outcomes at 1 week after a stroke.

• Acceptance Date: Mar 22, 2011
• Publication Date: May 19, 2011
• Journal: PLoS One
• Print ISSN: 1932-6203
• Publisher: Public Library of Science
• Pages: e19113 - ?
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019113
• Keywords: Oxygen, Stroke, Ischemic stroke, Cerebral ischemia, Pilot studies, Cancer detection and diagnosis, Hemorrhagic stroke, Medical hypoxia
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019113