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Table 2 (abstract P195). Doctors’ preferences for adjusting an FiO2 of 0.50 in a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with known habitual hypercapnia (n = 649)

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

PaO2

Increase

No change

Decrease

8 kPa

11% (9%-14%)

85% (82%-87%)

4% (3%-6%)

10 kPa

1% (0%-2%)

38% (34%-42%)*

61% (58%-65%)

12 kPa

0% (0%-1%)

4% (3%-6%)*

95%(93%-96%)

14 kPa

0% (0%-1%)

1% (0%-2%)*

99% (97%-99%)

  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)