Quadratic function between arterial partial oxygen pressure and mortality risk in sepsis patients: an interaction with simplified acute physiology score.

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

1. Higher versus lower fractions of inspired oxygen or targets of arterial oxygenation for adults admitted to the intensive care unit.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023
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2. Higher versus lower fraction of inspired oxygen or targets of arterial oxygenation for adults admitted to the intensive care unit.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
   Pooled it
3. Expert consensus statement on the evaluation, treatment, and transfer of cardiogenic shock using a Delphi method approach: a report of the Japan Critical Care Cardiology Committee (J4 CS).Journal of intensive care · 2025
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4. Heterogeneity of treatment effect: the case for individualising oxygen therapy in critically ill patients.Critical care (London, England) · 2025
   Review
5. Oxygen targets in patients with septic shock: a retrospective cohort study on the association between hyperoxia and mortality.Frontiers in medicine · 2025
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6. The PaOBMC pulmonary medicine · 2023
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7. Effect of sex on the association between arterial partial pressure of oxygen and in-hospital mortality in ICU patients with cardiogenic shock: a retrospective cohort study.Annals of translational medicine · 2022
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8. Oxygen therapy for sepsis and prevention of complications.Acute and critical care · 2022
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9. An Evaluation of the Predictive Value of Sepsis Patient Evaluation in the Emergency Department (SPEED) Score in Estimating 28-Day Mortality Among Patients With Sepsis Presenting to the Emergency Department: A Prospective Observational Study.Cureus · 2022
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10. Hyperoxemia in postsurgical sepsis/septic shock patients is associated with reduced mortality.Critical care (London, England) · 2022
    Observational
11. Factors associated with outcomes of septic shock patients receiving high dose noradrenaline according to three primary infection sites.The Journal of international medical research · 2020
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12. The paramount parameter: arterial oxygen tension versus arterial oxygen saturation as target in trials on oxygenation in intensive care.Critical care (London, England) · 2018
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13. Comparison of the predictive value of scoring systems on the prognosis of cirrhotic patients with suspected infection.Medicine · 2018
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14. Oxygen Therapy and Ventilatory Support.Canadian respiratory journal · 2017
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Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

Abstract

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