Restrictive Oxygen Use Did Not Improve Outcomes in the UK ROX Study

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
² Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool Hospital, South Western Sydney Local Health District and Southwestern Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Editorial

Markus B Skrifvars et al. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2025 Aug.

. 2025 Aug;69(7):e70098.

doi: 10.1111/aas.70098.

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
² Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool Hospital, South Western Sydney Local Health District and Southwestern Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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