Oxygenation Targets in Cardiac Surgery Patients - a Before-and-after Study
Status:
Unknown status
Trial end date:
2020-07-31
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Summary
During surgery high concentrations of supplementary oxygen are routinely administrated.
However, there is increasing evidence of potential harm with liberal oxygen therapy. The
hypothesis of the present study is that oxygen therapy adjusted to a normal arterial oxygen
target is feasible and will attenuate the side effects of supplementary oxygen therapy. The
study design is a before-and-after study in which 25 patients will follow the standard regime
with high concentrations of oxygen therapy and 25 patients will be treated with oxygen to
achieve a normal value of arterial oxygenation.