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Published in: Critical Care 2/2011

Open Access 01-04-2011 | Research

Arterial hyperoxia and in-hospital mortality after resuscitation from cardiac arrest

Authors: Rinaldo Bellomo, Michael Bailey, Glenn M Eastwood, Alistair Nichol, David Pilcher, Graeme K Hart, Michael C Reade, Moritoki Egi, James D Cooper, the Study of Oxygen in Critical Care (SOCC) Group

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 2/2011

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Abstract

Introduction

Hyperoxia has recently been reported as an independent risk factor for mortality in patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest. We examined the independent relationship between hyperoxia and outcomes in such patients.

Methods

We divided patients resuscitated from nontraumatic cardiac arrest from 125 intensive care units (ICUs) into three groups according to worst PaO2 level or alveolar-arterial O2 gradient in the first 24 hours after admission. We defined 'hyperoxia' as PaO2 of 300 mmHg or greater, 'hypoxia/poor O2 transfer' as either PaO2 < 60 mmHg or ratio of PaO2 to fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2 ) < 300, 'normoxia' as any value between hypoxia and hyperoxia and 'isolated hypoxemia' as PaO2 < 60 mmHg regardless of FiO2. Mortality at hospital discharge was the main outcome measure.

Results

Of 12,108 total patients, 1,285 (10.6%) had hyperoxia, 8,904 (73.5%) had hypoxia/poor O2 transfer, 1,919 (15.9%) had normoxia and 1,168 (9.7%) had isolated hypoxemia (PaO2 < 60 mmHg). The hyperoxia group had higher mortality (754 (59%) of 1,285 patients; 95% confidence interval (95% CI), 56% to 61%) than the normoxia group (911 (47%) of 1,919 patients; 95% CI, 45% to 50%) with a proportional difference of 11% (95% CI, 8% to 15%), but not higher than the hypoxia group (5,303 (60%) of 8,904 patients; 95% CI, 59% to 61%). In a multivariable model controlling for some potential confounders, including illness severity, hyperoxia had an odds ratio for hospital death of 1.2 (95% CI, 1.1 to 1.6). However, once we applied Cox proportional hazards modelling of survival, sensitivity analyses using deciles of hypoxemia, time period matching and hyperoxia defined as PaO2 > 400 mmHg, hyperoxia had no independent association with mortality. Importantly, after adjustment for FiO2 and the relevant covariates, PaO2 was no longer predictive of hospital mortality (P = 0.21).

Conclusions

Among patients admitted to the ICU after cardiac arrest, hyperoxia did not have a robust or consistently reproducible association with mortality. We urge caution in implementing policies of deliberate decreases in FiO2 in these patients.
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Metadata
Title
Arterial hyperoxia and in-hospital mortality after resuscitation from cardiac arrest
Authors
Rinaldo Bellomo
Michael Bailey
Glenn M Eastwood
Alistair Nichol
David Pilcher
Graeme K Hart
Michael C Reade
Moritoki Egi
James D Cooper
the Study of Oxygen in Critical Care (SOCC) Group
Publication date
01-04-2011
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 2/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc10090

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