Oxygen therapy for acutely ill medical patients: a clinical practice guideline

Reed A C Siemieniuk¹, Derek K Chu², Lisa Ha-Yeon Kim², Maria-Rosa Güell-Rous³, Waleed Alhazzani^{4

2}, Paola M Soccal^{5

6}, Paul J Karanicolas⁷, Pauline D Farhoumand⁸, Jillian L K Siemieniuk⁹, Imran Satia², Elvis M Irusen¹⁰, Marwan M Refaat¹¹, J Stephen Mikita¹², Maureen Smith¹³, Dian N Cohen¹⁴, Per O Vandvik¹⁵, Thomas Agoritsas^{4

8

16}, Lyubov Lytvyn⁴, Gordon H Guyatt^{4

2}

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¹ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton L8S 4K1, Canada reed.siemieniuk@medportal.ca.
² Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton L8S 4K1, Canada.
³ Departament de Pneumologia, Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau. Barcelona, Catalonia 08041, Spain.
⁴ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton L8S 4K1, Canada.
⁵ Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
⁶ Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University, 1206 Geneva, Switzerland.
⁷ Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5, Canada.
⁸ Division General Internal Medicine, University Hospitals of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland.
⁹ Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta T1Y 6J4, Canada reed.siemieniuk@medportal.ca.
¹⁰ Divisions of Pulmonology and Medical Intensive Care, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town 7505, South Africa.
¹¹ Departments of Internal Medicine and Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.
¹² Salt Lake City, Utah 84106, USA.
¹³ Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1C8, Canada.
¹⁴ Hatley, Quebec J0B 4B0, Canada.
¹⁵ Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
¹⁶ Division Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, 1205, Switzerland.

PMID: 30355567
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k4169

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Oxygen therapy for acutely ill medical patients: a clinical practice guideline

Reed A C Siemieniuk et al. BMJ. 2018.

. 2018 Oct 24:363:k4169.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.k4169.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton L8S 4K1, Canada reed.siemieniuk@medportal.ca.
² Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton L8S 4K1, Canada.
³ Departament de Pneumologia, Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau. Barcelona, Catalonia 08041, Spain.
⁴ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton L8S 4K1, Canada.
⁵ Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
⁶ Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University, 1206 Geneva, Switzerland.
⁷ Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5, Canada.
⁸ Division General Internal Medicine, University Hospitals of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland.
⁹ Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta T1Y 6J4, Canada reed.siemieniuk@medportal.ca.
¹⁰ Divisions of Pulmonology and Medical Intensive Care, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town 7505, South Africa.
¹¹ Departments of Internal Medicine and Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.
¹² Salt Lake City, Utah 84106, USA.
¹³ Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1C8, Canada.
¹⁴ Hatley, Quebec J0B 4B0, Canada.
¹⁵ Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
¹⁶ Division Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, 1205, Switzerland.

PMID: 30355567
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k4169

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: All authors have completed the BMJ Rapid Recommendations interests disclosure form, and a detailed description of all disclosures is reported in appendix 2 on bmj.com. As with all BMJ Rapid Recommendations, the executive team and The BMJ judged that no panel member had any financial conflict of interest. Professional and academic interests are minimised as much as possible, while maintaining necessary expertise on the panel to make fully informed decisions. DK Chu, LH-Y Kim, and W Alhazzani co-authored the systematic review that formed the evidence base for this guideline. RAC Siemieniuk, T Agoritsas, PO Vandvik, L Lytvyn, and GH Guyatt are members of the GRADE Working Group: BMJ Rapid Recommendations adheres to GRADE methods.

Comment in

Oxygen therapy for medical patients.
Horner D, O'Driscoll R. Horner D, et al. BMJ. 2018 Oct 24;363:k4436. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k4436. BMJ. 2018. PMID: 30355704 No abstract available.
Guideline: Panel recommends maintaining SpO2 at no higher than 96% in most acutely ill hospitalized patients.
Aung K. Aung K. Ann Intern Med. 2019 Mar 19;170(6):JC26. doi: 10.7326/ACPJ201903190-026. Ann Intern Med. 2019. PMID: 30884496 No abstract available.

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