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Abkürzungen
APACHE
Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation
ARDS
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
FiO2
Fraction of inspired oxygen
ICU
Intensive care unit
IQR
Interquartile range
MV
Mechanical ventilation
OR
Odds ratio
PaO2
Partial pressure of oxygen
PaCO2
Partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide
PTS-SpO2
Proportion of time spent in SpO2
SOFA
Sequential organ failure assessment
SpO2
Arterial oxygen saturation
TWM
Time-weighted mean
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The administration of supplemental oxygen is one of the ubiquitous interventions in the intensive care unit (ICU) and can be life-saving for mechanically ventilated patients [1]. However, excessive oxygen could be detrimental. Recently, several studies comparing the effect of conservative and liberal oxygen therapy for critically ill patients did not achieve consistent results [2, 3]. Furthermore, in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), conservative oxygen therapy even had a signal of increased mortality and mesenteric ischemia [4]. Of note, the target oxygen levels in these studies were not the same. It is of paramount importance to elucidate oxygen targets to guide future research. In the present study, with a big database, we aimed to evaluate the association of the proportion of time within arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) with hospital mortality in an ICU population with mechanical ventilation (MV).
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This study used data stored in the eICU (eicu-crd.mit.edu) database [5]. Adult patients admitted to ICU for the first time with MV during the first 24 h were included. The main exposure was SpO2, which was generally interfaced from bedside vital sign monitors as the 5-min median value. Thirteen categories of SpO2 were generated, which were ≤ 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, and 100%. The proportion of time spent (PTS) in different SpO2 categories for each patient was defined as the percentage of the summarized time in each different SpO2 category divided by total time. Thus, during the first 24 h, patients had SpO2 values that fell in the 13 categories and for each patient PTS in each of the predefined categories ranged from 0 to 100%. PTS was examined as both a continuous and categorical variable. The primary outcome was hospital mortality. Multivariable logistic regression models including PTS within each of these SpO2 categories along with the confounders were used to analyze the association of PTS-SpO2 with mortality outcome.
A total of 25,669 patients from 186 hospitals were included (Table 1), including 21,326 (83%) survivors and 4343 (17%) non-survivors. The median fraction of inspired oxygen was 45% (IQR, 43~60%) and the median duration of MV was 3 days (IQR, 2~5 days). After adjusted for confounders, PTS-SpO2 of ≤ 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, and 100% were associated with a higher odds ratio for hospital mortality; PTS-SpO2 of 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, and 99% were associated with a lower odds ratio; and PTS-SpO2 of 94% was not associated with hospital mortality (Fig. 1a). Based on the results, SpO2 was divided into three categories (≤ 94%, 95–99%, and 100%). PTS-SpO2 within categories of ≤ 94% (p < 0.001) and 100% (p < 0.001) were associated with a higher risk of hospital mortality, whereas an inverse trend was observed between PTS-SpO2 of 95–99% (p < 0.001) and hospital mortality (Fig. 1b).
Table 1
Characteristics of study patients between survivors and non-survivors
Variables
Total (n = 25, 669)
Survivors (n = 21, 326)
Non-survivors (n = 4343)
p value
Age, years (median, [IQR])
65 (54, 75)
65 (53, 74)
70 (58, 79)
< 0.001
Gender, male (n (%))
13,933 (54)
11,561 (54)
2372 (55)
0.636
BMI (median, [IQR])
28.3 (23.9, 34.4)
28.5 (24.1, 34.6)
27.4 (23.2, 33.1)
< 0.001
Comorbidities (n (%))
Hypertension
13,533 (53)
11,216 (53)
2317 (53)
0.371
Diabetes mellitus
6149 (24)
5173 (24)
976 (22)
0.013
COPD
5870 (23)
4919 (23)
951 (22)
0.099
Heart failure
5011 (20)
4110 (19)
901 (21)
0.027
Cirrhosis
443 (2)
335 (2)
108 (2)
< 0.001
Cancer
411 (2)
269 (1)
142 (3)
< 0.001
Chronic renal failure
3585 (14)
2871 (13)
714 (16)
< 0.001
ICU types (n (%))
< 0.001
Med-Surg ICU
13,737 (54)
11,477 (54)
2260 (52)
Cardiac ICU
1636 (6)
1216 (6)
420 (10)
CCU-CTICU
2162 (8)
1843 (9)
319 (7)
CSICU
889 (3)
768 (4)
121 (3)
CTICU
1179 (5)
1083 (5)
96 (2)
MICU
2587 (10)
2088 (10)
499 (11)
Neuro ICU
1643 (6)
1295 (6)
348 (8)
SICU
1836 (7)
1556 (7)
280 (6)
Admission diagnosis (n (%))
< 0.001
Respiratory
5910 (23)
5106 (24)
804 (19)
Sepsis
3660 (14)
2856 (13)
804 (19)
Cardiac surgery
3035 (12)
2847 (14)
88 (2)
Non-cardiac surgery
2495 (10)
2207 (10)
288 (7)
Neurological
2560 (10)
1985 (9)
575 (13)
Cardiovascular
2079 (8)
1783 (8)
296 (7)
Cardiac arrest
2143 (8)
1149 (5)
994 (23)
Trauma
1179 (5)
986 (5)
193 (4)
Gastrointestinal
461 (2)
378 (2)
83 (2)
Others
2147 (8)
1929 (9)
218 (5)
TWM-PaO2, mmHg (n (%))
< 0.001
< 60
622 (2)
480 (2)
142 (3)
60–120
10,593 (41)
8832 (41)
1761 (41)
120–300
8226 (32)
6691 (31)
1535 (35)
> 300
579 (2)
453 (2)
126 (3)
Missing (n (%))
5649 (22)
4870 (23)
779 (18)
TWM-PaCO2, mmHg (n (%))
< 0.001
< 35
4420 (17)
3336 (16)
1084 (25)
35–45
9555 (37)
8041 (38)
1514 (35)
> 45
5849 (23)
4928 (23)
921 (21)
Missing (n (%))
5845 (23)
5021 (24)
824 (19)
TWM-pH (n (%))
< 0.001
< 7.35
6868 (27)
5311 (25)
1557 (36)
7.35–7.45
10,085 (39)
8635 (40)
1450 (33)
> 7.45
2626 (10)
2136 (10)
490 (11)
Missing (n (%))
6090 (24)
5244 (25)
846 (19)
TWM-FiO2, % (median, [IQR])
45 (43, 60)
45 (42, 59)
50 (45, 75)
< 0.001
APACHE IV (median, [IQR])
68 (50, 89)
63 (48, 83)
92 (72, 115)
< 0.001
SOFA (median, [IQR])
6 (4, 8)
6 (4, 8)
8 (6, 11)
< 0.001
Vasopressors (n (%))
5734 (22)
4135 (19)
1599 (37)
< 0.001
Dialysis (n (%))
976 (4)
802 (4)
174 (4)
0.466
Ventilation days (n (%))
3 (2, 5)
3 (2, 4)
4 (2, 7)
< 0.001
IQR interquartile range, BMI body mass index, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ICU intensive care unit, CCU coronary care unit, CTICU cardiothoracic ICU, CSICU cardiac surgery ICU, MICU medical ICU, SICU surgical ICU, TWM time-weighted mean, SpO2 peripheral oxygen saturation, PaO2 partial pressure of arterial oxygen, PaCO2 partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide, FiO2 fraction of inspired oxygen, APACHE Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation, SOFA sequential organ failure assessment
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The result of the present study was partially consistent with the British Thoracic Society guideline, which recommended the target of SpO2 94–98% [6]. In addition, the result could partly account for the discrepancy of the recent clinical trials of oxygen therapy, which adopted different target oxygen levels [2‐4]. Despite several limitations to our study (e.g., retrospective design, potential residual confounders, unvalidated data from monitors, relatively short study period, lack of mode of MV, and missing data), our study provided observational evidence for a SpO2 target range of 95–99% with real-world data. Further studies are warranted to validate the particular target.
In conclusion, the proportion of time spent in oxygen saturation 95–99% is associated with reduced mortality in critically ill patients with mechanical ventilation. These findings may have implications for the design of future trials of oxygen therapy.
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Acknowledgements
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Ethics approval and consent to participate
The schema of eICU was established in collaboration with Privacert (Cambridge, MA), who certified the re-identification risk as meeting safe harbor standards (HIPAA Certification no. 1031219-2). All tables in eICU were deidentified to meet the safe harbor provision of the US HIPAA. Due to the HIPAA compliant de-identification in this database, our IRB requirement was waived.
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Not applicable.
Competing interests
None of the authors has declared a conflict of interest.
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