Normal Oxygenation Versus Hyperoxia in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2011-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Oxygen administration is a common practice in intensive care units, although concern is growing about oxygen toxicity. The aim of the study is to access whether a rigorous maintenance of a state of normal oxygenation in critically ill patients could obtain better outcomes, such as mortality, infections and organ failures, in comparison to conventional oxygen therapy practice.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• all patients admitted in a post-operative and medical intensive care unit with expected admission of at least three days. Informed consensus as soon as possible

Exclusion Criteria:

• minority

• patient discharged from ICU and successively re-admitted

• patient enrolled in other studies

• expected survival shorter than 24 hours