Oxygen

No link was found between Competitive Bidding Program implementation and changes in supplemental oxygen use or clinical outcomes in a population of Medicare beneficiaries with COPD, according to results published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

There was no difference in an 8-hour restrictive vs. an 8-hour liberal early oxygen strategy given to adult trauma patients when evaluating death and/or major respiratory complications by day 30, according to results published in JAMA.

When assessing intubation/death at 7 days in hospitalized adults with acute respiratory failure, high-flow nasal oxygen was generally noninferior to noninvasive ventilation, according to results published in JAMA.

Among patients with advanced cystic fibrosis lung disease, two cardiopulmonary exercise testing outcomes could predict death/lung transplantation, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Tomorrow, Oct. 2, several lung and respiratory organizations will come together to celebrate World Oxygen Day and patients using oxygen therapy.

The risk for any-cause hospitalization/death at 1 year was comparable between patients with severe hypoxemia receiving daily 24-hour vs. 15-hour oxygen therapy, according to findings published in New England Journal of Medicine.

Different oxygen saturation targets did not significantly impact 1-year cognition or quality of life in mechanically ventilation adults, according to results published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

High initial concentrations of lower fractional inspired oxygen may reduce mortality in very preterm infants, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics, although the researchers said their finding is not enough to change practice.

Among individuals with darker skin tones, pulse oximeters often overestimated their oxygen saturation levels, according to a systematic review published in British Journal of Anaesthesia.

Among ventilated adults, individualized oxygenation targets collected from a machine learning model that considers baseline characteristics may lower 28-day mortality, according to results published in JAMA.