Long-term mortality and health-related quality of life with lower versus higher oxygenation targets in intensive care unit patients with COVID-19 and severe hypoxaemia.

Elena Crescioli Frederik Mølgaard Nielsen Anne-Marie Bunzel Anne Sofie Broberg Eriksen Martin Siegemund Lone Musaeus Poulsen Anne Sofie Andreasen Morten Heiberg BestleSusanne Andi IversenAnne Craveiro BrøchnerThorbjørn GrøfteThomas HildebrandtJon Henrik Laake Maj-Brit Nørerregaard Kjaer Theis Lange Anders Perner Thomas Lass Klitgaard Olav Lilleholt Schjørring Bodil Steen Rasmussen

Published in: Intensive care medicine (2024)

Among adult ICU patients with COVID-19 and severe hypoxaemia, one-year mortality results were most compatible with benefit of the lower oxygenation target, which did not appear to result in more survivors with poor quality of life.

Keyphrases

intensive care unit
cardiovascular events
early onset
mechanical ventilation
risk factors
blood flow
young adults
type diabetes
drug induced