Conservative oxygen therapy in mechanically ventilated patients following cardiac arrest: A retrospective nested cohort study

Eastwood, Glenn M.; Tanaka, Aiko; Espinoza, Emilo Daniel Valenzuela; Peck, Leah; Young, Helen; Martensson, Johan; Zhang, Ling; Glassford, Neil J.; Hsiao, Yu-Feng Frank; Suzuki, Satoshi; Bellomo, Rinaldo

Abstract

Background: In mechanically ventilated (MV) cardiac arrest (CA) survivors admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) avoidance of hypoxia is considered crucial. However, avoidance of hyperoxia may also be important. A conservative approach to oxygen therapy may reduce exposure to both. Methods: We evaluated the introduction of conservative oxygen therapy (target SpO(2) 88-92% using the lowest FiO(2)) during MV for resuscitated CA patients admitted to the ICU. Results: We studied 912 arterial blood gas (ABG) datasets: 448 ABGs from 50 'conventional' and 464 ABGs from 50 'conservative' oxygen therapy patients. Compared to the conventional group, conservative group patients had significantly lower PaO2 values and FiO(2) exposure (p 0.001, respectively); more received MV in a spontaneous ventilation mode (18% vs 2%; p = 0.001) and more were exposed to a FiO(2) of 0.21 (19 vs 0 patients, p = 0.001). Additionally, according to mean PaO2, more conservative group patients were classified as normoxaemic (36 vs 16 patients, p 0.01) and fewer as hyperoxaemic (14 vs 33 patients, p 0.01). Finally, ICU length of stay was significantly shorter for conservative group patients (p = 0.04). There was no difference in the proportion of survivors discharged from hospital with good neurological outcome (14/23 vs 12/22 patients, p = 0.67). Conclusions: Our findings provide preliminary support for the feasibility and physiological safety of conservative oxygen therapy in patients admitted to ICU for MV support after cardiac arrest (Trial registration, NCT01684124). (C) 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Título de la Revista: RESUSCITATION
Volumen: 101
Editorial: ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
Fecha de publicación: 2016
Página de inicio: 108
Página final: 114
DOI:

10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.11.026

Notas: ISI