Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Aug 2018
Randomized Controlled TrialConservative versus liberal oxygenation targets in critically ill children: the randomised multiple-centre pilot Oxy-PICU trial.
Oxygen saturation monitoring for children receiving respiratory support is standard worldwide. No randomised clinical trials have compared peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) targets for critically ill children. The harm of interventions to raise SpO2 to > 94% may exceed their benefits. ⋯ A definitive clinical trial of peripheral oxygen saturation targets is feasible in critically ill children.