Conservative oxygen therapy for critically ill patients: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

• Published in: Journal of intensive care Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 1 - 9
• Main Authors: Chen, Xiao-Li, Zhang, Bei-Lei, Meng, Chang, Huang, Hui-Bin, Du, Bin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 22.07.2021; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Bias; Care and treatment; Clinical outcomes; Clinical trials; Comparative analysis; Conservative oxygen strategy; Critical care; Critically ill; Health aspects; Heart attacks; Hospital patients; Hypoxemia; Ischemia; Length of stay; Medical prognosis; Meta-analysis; Mortality; Oxygen therapy; Patients; Stroke; Systematic review; United Kingdom; United Kingdom

Objective Conservative oxygen strategy is recommended in acute illness while its benefit in ICU patients remains controversial. Therefore, we sought to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine such oxygen strategies' effect and safety in ICU patients. Methods We searched PubMed,...