Long-term mortality and health-related quality of life of lower versus higher oxygenation targets in ICU patients with severe hypoxaemia.
Elena CrescioliThomas Lass KlitgaardLone Musaeus PoulsenBjørn Anders BrandMartin SiegemundThorbjørn GrøfteFrederik KeusUlf Gøttrup PedersenMinna BäcklundJohanna KarttunenMatt P G MorganAndrei CiubotariuAnne-Marie Gellert BunzelStine Rom VestergaardNicolaj Munch JensenThomas Steen JensenMaj-Brit Nørerregaard KjaerAksel Karl Georg JensenTheis LangeJorn WetterslevAnders PernerOlav Lilleholt SchjørringBodil Steen RasmussenPublished in: Intensive care medicine (2022)
Among adult ICU patients with severe hypoxaemia, a lower oxygenation target (8 kPa) did not improve survival or HRQoL at 1 year as compared to a higher oxygenation target (12 kPa).