articleNew England Journal of MedicineOct 14, 2019BRONZE OA

Conservative Oxygen Therapy during Mechanical Ventilation in the ICU

TIThe ICU-ROX Investigators and the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group

Intensive Care Society

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Abstract

Background

) and have a high arterial oxygen tension. The conservative use of oxygen may reduce oxygen exposure, diminish lung and systemic oxidative injury, and thereby increase the number of ventilator-free days (days alive and free from mechanical ventilation).

Methods

. The primary outcome was the number of ventilator-free days from randomization until day 28.

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    The ICU-ROX Investigators and the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials GroupCorresponding

    Intensive Care Society

Topics & keywords

Keywords
  • Mechanical ventilation
  • Medicine
  • Intensive care unit
  • Arterial oxygen tension
  • Oxygen
  • Anesthesia
  • Ventilation (architecture)
  • Fraction of inspired oxygen
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