Randomized trial: Similar outcomes with lower vs. higher oxygenation targets for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure

Lower or Higher Oxygenation Targets for Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

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Even though supplemental oxygen is used for the treatment of patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure, the most effective oxygenation targets are not known. In this randomized trial, a lower oxygenation target did not result in lower mortality than a higher target.

— NEJM (@NEJM) January 21, 2021