Effect of Conservative vs Conventional Oxygen Therapy on Mortality Among Patients in an Intensive Care Unit
Author(s) -
Massimo Girardis,
Stefano Busani,
Elisa Damiani,
Abele Donati,
Laura Rinaldi,
Andrea Marudi,
Andrea Morelli,
Massimo Antonelli,
Mervyn Singer
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2016.11993
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care unit , randomized controlled trial , intensive care , oxygen therapy , emergency medicine , pediatrics , surgery , intensive care medicine , anesthesia
Despite suggestions of potential harm from unnecessary oxygen therapy, critically ill patients spend substantial periods in a hyperoxemic state. A strategy of controlled arterial oxygenation is thus rational but has not been validated in clinical practice.
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