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Comment
. 2021 Aug 1;121(8):56.
doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000767832.80703.80.

Similar Clinical Outcomes with Higher and Lower Oxygenation Targets

Karen Rosenberg
Comment

Similar Clinical Outcomes with Higher and Lower Oxygenation Targets

Karen Rosenberg. Am J Nurs. .

Abstract

According to this study: Among adults in the ICU who had acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, a lower oxygenation target didn't result in lower mortality rates compared with a higher target.

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  • Lower or Higher Oxygenation Targets for Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure.
    Schjørring OL, Klitgaard TL, Perner A, Wetterslev J, Lange T, Siegemund M, Bäcklund M, Keus F, Laake JH, Morgan M, Thormar KM, Rosborg SA, Bisgaard J, Erntgaard AES, Lynnerup AH, Pedersen RL, Crescioli E, Gielstrup TC, Behzadi MT, Poulsen LM, Estrup S, Laigaard JP, Andersen C, Mortensen CB, Brand BA, White J, Jarnvig IL, Møller MH, Quist L, Bestle MH, Schønemann-Lund M, Kamper MK, Hindborg M, Hollinger A, Gebhard CE, Zellweger N, Meyhoff CS, Hjort M, Bech LK, Grøfte T, Bundgaard H, Østergaard LHM, Thyø MA, Hildebrandt T, Uslu B, Sølling CG, Møller-Nielsen N, Brøchner AC, Borup M, Okkonen M, Dieperink W, Pedersen UG, Andreasen AS, Buus L, Aslam TN, Winding RR, Schefold JC, Thorup SB, Iversen SA, Engstrøm J, Kjær MN, Rasmussen BS; HOT-ICU Investigators. Schjørring OL, et al. N Engl J Med. 2021 Apr 8;384(14):1301-1311. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2032510. Epub 2021 Jan 20. N Engl J Med. 2021. PMID: 33471452 Clinical Trial.

References

    1. Schjørring OL, et al. N Engl J Med 2021;384(14):1301–11.

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