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01-12-2018 | Letter
Hyperoxia effects on intensive care unit mortality: a retrospective pragmatic cohort study
Authors:
Mathilde Ruggiu, Nadia Aissaoui, Julien Nael, Caroline Haw-Berlemont, Bertrand Herrmann, Jean-Loup Augy, Sofia Ortuno, Damien Vimpère, Jean-Luc Diehl, Clotilde Bailleul, Emmanuel Guerot
Published in:
Critical Care
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Issue 1/2018
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Excerpt
Supplementary oxygen is frequent in the management of patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) [
1]. However, some studies have suggested deleterious effects of hyperoxia on these patients [
2‐
4]. This main study objective was to assess the association between hyperoxia, at any time of the ICU stay, and ICU mortality regardless of the cause of patient admission. …