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Fig. 1 | Annals of Intensive Care

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From: Hyperoxia in intensive care, emergency, and peri-operative medicine: Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde? A 2015 update

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Beneficial (green arrows) and deleterious (red arrows) effects of hyperoxia, i.e., breathing pure oxygen, during circulatory shock and/or in medical emergencies. FiO 2 fraction of inspired oxygen, PO 2 oxygen partial pressure, µ micro, Hb haemoglobin, SO 2 oxygen saturation, DO 2 systemic oxygen transport, HPV hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction, MAP mean arterial pressure, SVR systemic vascular resistance, NO: nitric oxide, HIF-: hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha, NF-κB nuclear transcription factor kappaB, ROS reactive oxygen species, ATP adenosine triphosphate; adapted from Asfar et al. [16] with kind permission from Springer Science and Business Media

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