Skip to main content

Table 1 (abstract P195). Doctors’ preferences for adjusting an FiO2 of 0.50 in a patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome (n = 654 to 655)

From: 38th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine

PaO2

Increase

No change

Decrease

8 kPa

53% (49%-56%)

47% (43%-51%)

0% (0%-1%)

10 kPa

2% (1%-3%)

73% (70%-76%)*

25% (22%-28%)

12 kPa

0% (0%-1%)

26% (23%-29%)*

74% (71%-77%)

14 kPa

0% (0%-0%)

3% (2%-4%)*

97% (96%-98%)

  1. The scenario involves a patient expected to receive mechanical ventilation for at least 24 hours in the ICU. All proportions are percentages of respondents with 95% confidence intervals. *p < 0.001 for comparisons of proportions of “No change” versus adjacent lower PaO2 level (McNemar’s test)
Back to article page

Critical Care

ISSN: 1364-8535