Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Sep 2024
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyConservative or liberal oxygen targets in patients on venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
Patients receiving venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) frequently develop arterial hyperoxaemia, which may be harmful. However, lower oxygen saturation targets may also lead to harmful episodes of hypoxaemia. ⋯ In adults receiving VA-ECMO in ICU, a conservative compared to a liberal oxygen strategy, did not affect the number of ICU-free days to day 28.