Erschienen in:
01.06.2011 | Letter
How to assess the dangers of hyperoxemia: methodological issues
verfasst von:
B Ronan O'Driscoll, Luke S Howard
Erschienen in:
Critical Care
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Ausgabe 3/2011
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Excerpt
We read with interest the paper by Bellomo and colleagues [
1] in the previous issue of
Critical Care. We agree with the authors' final conclusion that there should not be a deliberate policy to decrease the fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO
2) in the absence of accurate and reliable oximetry. In the developed world, accurate and reliable oximetry and blood gas results are ubiquitous in ICU settings, the context of their study. However, we have issues with the methods used to come to the conclusion that hyperoxaemia has only a weak relationship with mortality. …