One-year follow-up of a RCT: In ICU patients with severe hypoxemia, there was no difference in long-term mortality and health-related quality of life with lower vs. higher oxygenation targets.

Long-term mortality and health-related quality of life of lower versus higher oxygenation targets in ICU patients with severe hypoxaemia – Intensive Care Medicine

Original Study: Lower or Higher Oxygenation Targets for Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure – New England Journal of Medicine

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Lower (8 kPa) vs higher oxygenation (12 kPa) targets: no longterm survival benefit nor HRQoL improvement at 1y in #ICU pts with severe hypoxaemia (HOT-ICU trial cohort). Substantial impairments in several EQ-5D-5L dimensions in survivors in both groups.
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