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Early hyperoxemia is associated with lower adjusted mortality after severe trauma: results from a French registry

Critical Care volume 24, Article number: 604 (2020) Cite this article

Abstract

Background

Hyperoxemia has been associated with increased mortality in critically ill patients, but little is known about its effect in trauma patients. The objective of this study was to assess the association between early hyperoxemia and in-hospital mortality after severe trauma. We hypothesized that a PaO2 ≥ 150 mmHg on admission was associated with increased in-hospital mortality.

Methods

Using data issued from a multicenter prospective trauma registry in France, we included trauma patients managed by the emergency medical services between May 2016 and March 2019 and admitted to a level I trauma center. Early hyperoxemia was defined as an arterial oxygen tension (PaO2) above 150 mmHg measured on hospital admission. In-hospital mortality was compared between normoxemic (150 > PaO2 ≥ 60 mmHg) and hyperoxemic patients using a propensity-score model with predetermined variables (gender, age, prehospital heart rate and systolic blood pressure, temperature, hemoglobin and arterial lactate, use of mechanical ventilation, presence of traumatic brain injury (TBI), initial Glasgow Coma Scale score, Injury Severity Score (ISS), American Society of Anesthesiologists physical health class > I, and presence of hemorrhagic shock).

Results

A total of 5912 patients were analyzed. The median age was 39 [26–55] years and 78% were male. More than half (53%) of the patients had an ISS above 15, and 32% had traumatic brain injury. On univariate analysis, the in-hospital mortality was higher in hyperoxemic patients compared to normoxemic patients (12% versus 9%, p < 0.0001). However, after propensity score matching, we found a significantly lower in-hospital mortality in hyperoxemic patients compared to normoxemic patients (OR 0.59 [0.50–0.70], p < 0.0001).

Conclusion

In this large observational study, early hyperoxemia in trauma patients was associated with reduced adjusted in-hospital mortality. This result contrasts the unadjusted in-hospital mortality as well as numerous other findings reported in acutely and critically ill patients. The study calls for a randomized clinical trial to further investigate this association.

Introduction

Each year, 5.8 million people die as result of trauma making it the leading cause of death for individuals below 45 years of age [1]. Furthermore, trauma constitutes a major economic burden, as trauma-related costs were estimated to $671 billion in 2013 in the USA alone [2]. Efforts to lower the mortality and morbidity following trauma are therefore of highest importance. The prehospital management of severe trauma patients requires a rapid approach during which it is recommended to provide supplemental oxygen to both treat and prevent hypoxemia [3, 4]. As a result, high fractions of inspired oxygen (FiO2) are commonly administered during this initial phase and may result in hyperoxemia on hospital admission. However, exposure to high oxygen levels, even during a short period of time, has been associated with cerebral and coronary vasoconstriction, deleterious effects on lung function, and increased production of reactive oxygen species [5,6,7,8,9,10].

In a large meta-analysis on randomized controlled trials (RCT), which compared liberal and conservative oxygenation administration in acutely ill patients, the relative risk of in-hospital mortality was increased amongst patients treated with a liberal oxygen approach compared to a conservative oxygen approach [11]. A recent systematic review also investigated the relationship between hyperoxemia and mortality in critically ill patients and found a similar association [12].

Despite an increasing awareness of the potentially deleterious effects of elevated arterial oxygen partial pressure (PaO2) in acutely ill patients [13], the prevalence of hyperoxemia in the emergency department (ED) and the intensive care unit (ICU) remains high [14,15,16]. Furthermore, a recent cohort study found a link between early hyperoxemia in the ED and mortality [14].

However, the association between hyperoxemia and mortality in the trauma population remains controversial. In one RCT, authors found no effect of exposure to different levels of FiO2 on mortality amongst patients suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI) [17]. A recent observational study on 24,148 mechanically ventilated patients with TBI found no effects of hyperoxemia on mortality either [18].

Taken as a whole, knowledge on the effects of hyperoxemia in trauma patients is sparse and the evidence for systematic oxygen therapy in these patients is thus inadequate, especially in the pre-hospital setting [19].

The primary objective of this study was to assess the association between elevated PaO2 on hospital admission and in-hospital mortality in level I trauma centers. We hypothesized that a PaO2 ≥ 150 mmHg on admission was associated with increased in-hospital mortality.

Methods

Study design

This was an observational study using a multicenter, prospective trauma registry in France, the TraumaBase©. The TraumaBase consecutively collects data on trauma patients from 15 trauma centers in France. A central administrator monitors the data and the TraumaBase is approved by the Institutional Review Board as well as the National Commission on Informatics and Liberties. The study is reported in accordance with the STROBE guidelines [20].

Setting

Between May 2016 and March 2019, data collected from the 14 level 1 trauma centers was reviewed (one center had not yet included patients). As previously described [21], the French EMS system consists of two levels of triage that will trigger a paramedic-staffed ambulance or a physician-staffed mobile ICU (Service Mobile d’Urgence et de Réanimation (SMUR)). In case of major trauma, the SMUR will always be activated and accompany the patient to a specialized trauma center.

Participants

Trauma patients above 17 years of age with a PaO2 measured and registered in the TraumaBase® registry were included. Hypoxemic patients (PaO2 < 60 mmHg on arrival) and patients withdrawn from life-sustaining therapy were excluded. Baseline characteristics on hypoxemic patients can be found in the Additional file 1.

Variables

The following variables were extracted from the database: age (years), gender, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score, initial Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score, pre-hospital systolic blood pressure and heart rate, mechanism and site of injury, volume fluid replacement (mL of colloids and/or crystalloids), catecholamine administration, use of mechanical ventilation, body temperature, arterial blood gas analysis on admission, lactate level, hemoglobin level, creatinine level, presence of hemorrhagic shock (defined as at the transfusion of at least four units of packed red blood cells within 6 h), TBI (at least one visible lesion on computed tomography), Injury Severity Score (ISS), in-hospital length of stay, and in-hospital mortality.

Statistical methods

Patients were divided into two groups of exposure a priori according to their initial PaO2 on hospital admission: normoxemia (PaO2 60–150 mmHg) and hyperoxemia (PaO2 ≥ 150 mmHg). The 150 mmHg cut-off was used as this has previously been done in an RCT on ICU patients [22], as well as in several observational studies [23,24,25].

Our primary aim was to assess the correlation between hyperoxemia on hospital admission and in-hospital mortality. Two pre-planned subgroup analyses on patients with an initial GCS < 8 and mechanically ventilated patients were also planned.

Categorical variables are expressed as numbers with percentages (%) and continuous variables as means with standard deviations (SD), or medians with interquartile ranges [IQR]. Characteristics were compared using a chi2 test for categorical data and t test or Mann-Whitney U test for continuous data.

Since hyperoxemia is caused by exposure to high oxygen levels, the association between hyperoxemia and in-hospital mortality was assessed using propensity score to reduce potential selection bias due to measured baseline covaries. The variables included in the model were chosen a priori by comparing pre-hospital variables and baseline characteristics between patients that died and survived to hospital discharge. Significant determinants of mortality were included.

The score was estimated using logistic regression, and the primary analyses were made using inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW).

To verify the robustness of the results, two sensitivity analyses were performed using a propensity score analysis with a matching method with a 1:1 ratio within a caliper of 0.05 standard deviation of the logit propensity score and a stratification on the quintiles of the propensity score. To account for missing data, analyses were conducted using multiple imputations by chained equations with 10 imputations obtained after 10 iterations [26]. A complete-case analysis was also performed to verify the results. The propensity scores came from 10 independent complete data sets and were averaged according to the “across approach” [27]. Balance in potentials confounders were assessed by standardized mean differences which came from a complete imputed data set [28]. A multivariate full model including factors used in the propensity score was also performed to verify the results of the propensity score.

Finally, several sensitivity analyses were performed. An analysis removing patients who died within 24 h of hospital admission was carried out to allow sufficient time for deleterious effects such as lung complications of oxygen to develop, and an analysis on patients with a GCS < 8 as well as an analysis on intubated patients was done. Furthermore, other cutoffs for hyperoxemia were examined (PaO2 ≥ 100 mmHg and PaO2 ≥ 200 mmHg), and the PaO2/FiO2 was explored using the Berlin definition [29].

All tests were two-tailed, and the results were considered statistically significant when p < 0.05. Analyses were performed using R statistical software [30].

Results

Of 6654 adult trauma patients with PaO2 values available in the database, 544 were excluded as they were withdrawn from life-sustaining therapy and 462 were excluded as they were hypoxemic on arrival, leaving 5912 patients for analysis (Fig. 1).

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Flowchart of the included trauma patients

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The median age was 39 years and the majority were males (Table 1). More than half of all patients had an ISS score above 15, and one third presented with TBI. The overall in-hospital mortality was 10%.

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of all included trauma patients including a comparison of norm- and hyperoxemic patients. Results are presented as medians with [interquartile ranges], numbers with (percentages), or as otherwise indicated
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On hospital admission, the median PaO2 of the entire cohort was 133 mmHg: 3342 (57%) were normoxemic, and 2570 (43%) were hyperoxemic. Numerous baseline characteristics were significantly different between normoxemic and hyperoxemic patients: a higher proportion of hyperoxemic patients were mechanically ventilated (a comparison of baseline characteristics between intubated and spontaneously breathing patients can be found in Additional file 2), they had lower prehospital GCS scores and more suffered from a TBI. On univariate analysis, the in-hospital mortality was higher for hyperoxemic patients (12% versus 9%, p < 0.0001) (Table 1).

In a propensity score model, patients were matched based upon significant determinants of mortality amongst the baseline characteristics (Table 2). The model revealed an inverse relationship between hyperoxemia and in-hospital mortality: mortality was significantly decreased in hyperoxemic patients compared to normoxemic patients (OR 0.59 [0.50–0.70], p < 0.0001) and hyperoxemia thus appeared as a protective factor. The accuracy of the model is presented in Fig. 2. Here, the balances in potentials confounders were also checked, and the absolute mean differences were all less than 5% after using propensity score (IPTW and matching methods). The multivariate full model including factors used in propensity score verified the results of the propensity score (Additional file 3). A complete-case analysis presented very similar results (OR 0.60 [0.46–0.78], p < 0.0001).

Table 2 Baseline differences amongst trauma patients that survived to hospital-discharge or died in-hospital. Results are presented as medians with [interquartile ranges], numbers with (percentages), or as otherwise indicated
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Fig. 2
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In-hospital mortality in normoxemic (60 mmHg <PaO2 < 150 mmHg) and hyperoxemic (PaO2 > 150 mmHg) trauma patients using a propensity score model

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In a sensitivity analysis, where patients deceased within 24 h were excluded, the results remained statistically significant (OR 0.63 [0.52–0.76], p < 0.0001) (Table 3).

Table 3 Sensitivity analyses. In-hospital mortality amongst subgroups of trauma patients (reference: Normoxemia)
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Likewise, in our subgroup analysis on patients with a GCS < 8, mortality was also decreased in hyperoxemic patients (OR 0.69 [0.53–0.89], p = 0.005). The same was true in a subgroup analysis on intubated patients (OR 0.62 [0.50–0.77], p < 0.0001) (Table 3).

Furthermore, our sensitivity analyses also showed a beneficial effect on mortality using PaO2/FiO2 ≥ 300, and different cut-off levels for hyperoxemia (PaO2 ≥ 100 mmHg and PaO2 ≥ 200 mmHg) left our results largely unaltered (Table 3).

Discussion

In this large observational study of nearly 6000 trauma patients, we found hyperoxemia above 150 mmHg on hospital admission to be independently associated with a significantly decreased in-hospital mortality compared to normoxemia. This result challenges our initial hypothesis. Our results were unaltered by a sensitivity analysis, where patients deceased within 24 h were excluded.

The beneficial effects of supplemental oxygen for the critically ill patient have remained undisputed for decades and have resulted in international guidelines on initial trauma management recommending high fractions of inspired oxygen. However, although it is suspected that hyperoxemia may be deleterious (due to increased oxidative stress, vasoconstriction, and potential hyperoxemic lung injury) [31], the evidence both in favor and against supplemental oxygen, and thus the risk of hyperoxemia, is almost non-existent in trauma patients [19].

Supplemental oxygen seems to possess a potential to rescue threatened neurons after brain injury or in the ischemic penumbra [32, 33], and it is known to prolong the safe apnea time [34]. Nevertheless, numerous physiologic arguments exist against liberal administration of oxygen in critically ill patients. For example, excess oxygen has been associated with the formation of reactive oxygen species which are detoxified in the mitochondria by a variety of antioxidants. Furthermore, acute states such as shock induce an increased production of reactive oxygen species worsening the imbalance between pro-oxidants and antioxidants [6].

In recent years, the optimal targets of both SpO2 and PaO2 have therefore been challenged in acutely ill patients. A large meta-analysis showed increased rates of mortality for patients with oxygen saturation (SpO2) above 96% compared to 94–96% [11]. However, as the trial sequential analysis was driven primarily by a single large randomized trial [35], the authors were unable to exclude a small beneficial effect of liberal oxygen. Only one RCT on trauma patients was included, and here no effect of liberal oxygen was observed. Another meta-analysis on patients with cardiac arrest showed beneficial effects of oxygen intra-arrest while post-arrest arrest hyperoxemia was associated with increased mortality [36]. A recent systematic review found a higher all-cause mortality in ICU patient with hyperoxemia [25]; however, in subgroup analyses on patients with TBI and patients on mechanical ventilation, results were inconclusive.

In trauma patients, studies on liberal versus conservative oxygen approaches are sparse. To date, only two small RCTs have been done on patients with TBI, and here, one found difference between a liberal and restrictive oxygen approach on mortality [17], and the other found no differences in terms of neurological outcome [37]. Furthermore, the few retrospective studies available have shown inconsistent results: one recent large study showed no difference in in-hospital mortality between hyperoxemic and normoxemic trauma patients [18], others have shown a deleterious effect of hyperoxemia [38, 39], and yet two studies have found a strong relationship between hyperoxemia and better long-term, functional, and cognitive outcomes [24, 40]. As such the physiologic consequences of hyperoxemia on outcomes after TBI remain uncovered. In several studies, a decrease in cerebral perfusion of up to 30% has been observed in individuals exposed to hyperoxia [41,42,43], while other studies have suggested that hyperoxia aids in one of the cornerstones in treatment of traumatic brain injury: decreasing intracranial pressure [44,45,46]. Supplemental oxygen could also be beneficial in TBI by simply increasing the level of oxygen in the brain. In stroke patients, supplemental oxygen has been proposed to rescue threatened neurons, and thus the brain, from further deterioration [47]. Nonetheless, studies so far have failed to show an association between supplemental oxygen and improved physical function [35, 48]. Further research in larger cohorts should look into this to help uncover the induced pathways.

In accordance with several of the above studies, we found a clinical benefit of early hyperoxemia in the current study. Of note, however, all the latter studies focus solely on trauma patients with TBI, whereas we chose to include all trauma patients to present a broader and more pragmatic perspective, as isolated TBI may not always be evident in the acute phase. Nonetheless, in our subgroup analysis of patients with GCS < 8, our results were unchanged.

The comparison of studies on hyperoxemia is difficult as some studies compare SpO2 values, others FiO2 values, and others PaO2 values. Besides, when utilizing the PaO2, there is no consensus on the arbitrarily predetermined PaO2 cut-off [25]. In the current study, we chose to use 150 mmHg as the threshold for hyperoxemia as it presented a large percentage of our population (43%), and in addition, this approach has been used previously [22,23,24,25]. Numerous other studies have chosen values above 300 mmHg to present hyperoxemia, thereby considering values below 300 mmHg as normoxemic, which appears problematic. Furthermore, many studies have used the worst PaO2 (the highest PaO2) as their exposure variable [49, 50]. We chose to use the first PaO2 recorded at hospital admission to reflect the pre-hospital treatment. This has previously been done [38, 51]. Finally, the exposure duration should also be taken into account. As such, the attempt to answer whether or not hyperoxemia is harmful—in any patient population—should always aim to consider the variable measured (SpO2, PaO2 or FiO2), the concentration of the given variable, and the exposure duration.

Our results reflect the liberal use of pre-hospital oxygen administration of severe trauma patients, and we found a high percentage (43%) of patients with hyperoxemia at hospital admission. Although the duration of hyperoxemia in our study must be assumed to be relatively short (mean prehospital time from trauma until admission of 70 min), several studies have found that deleterious effects of hyperoxemia may occur already during the first hours of administration. For example, both human and animal data have shown development of lung injury after just a few hours of exposure to hyperoxemia [10, 22, 52]. Furthermore, prehospital supplemental oxygen administration for patients with myocardial infarction has been associated with increased myocardial injury and infarct size at 6 months [53], and in a recent study, an association between an even shorter exposure time to hyperoxia and mortality was found in mechanically ventilated patients in the emergency department [14].

Nevertheless, in a recent small single center observational study, authors found no impact on 30-day mortality in trauma patients with early hyperoxemia [54], and in our current study on trauma patients, we even found a significant association between hyperoxemia on admission and decreased mortality compared to normoxemia on admission. The threshold for potentially toxic concentrations and duration of administration of oxygen are poorly defined, and the mechanisms behind a favorable effect may, at least partly, be explained by hemodynamic stabilization during shock, improvement in tissue bed oxygenation in both peri-contusional and remote neuronal tissue, and more aerobic neural metabolic profiles [55]. These could be some of the explanation behind a positive effect of short-term hyperoxemia in the current study along with the actual ability of the affected individual to increase their PaO2 as demonstrated in the PaO2/FiO2 sensitivity analysis. Regarding the exact threshold, the current study also shows that this may point towards mild hyperoxemia being the most beneficial, as the beneficial effect seemed to decrease when a higher PaO2 was used to define hyperoxemia.

Limitations

The primary limitation of the current study lies within its retrospective design, where, for instance, missing data often is seen. In our study, in-hospital mortality was unfortunately missing in 18%. Furthermore, the PaO2 value was also missing in a substantial proportion of patients, leaving these patients for exclusion. It is impossible to know whether these were missing completely at random or not. However, for a large proportion, they seem to be missing completely at random, as other results of an arterial blood gas were available. Nonetheless, the large number of included patients allowed not only the propensity score analysis to include all the necessary variables for corrections but also important subgroup analyses. One must, however, keep in mind that the risk of hidden confounders still exists. Furthermore, although the first PaO2 recorded at hospital admission partly represents the prehospital management, the median of several consecutive PaO2’s may have provided a more accurate picture. Moreover, in contrast to some other retrospective studies, we chose not to include a comparison group of hypoxemic patients, as the deleterious effect of hypoxemia is well established. This allows a cleaner comparison to the randomized trials available, where randomization is aimed at normoxemia versus hyperoxemia, thus not including a hypoxemic group.

We chose in-hospital mortality as our primary outcome as this seemed to be the most patient centered outcome available in the database. However, in future studies, other outcomes such as lactate levels and catecholamine administration could be interesting to look at, to gain a deeper understanding of the resulting physiological changes with different PaO2 levels.

Finally, the results of this study are based upon the French pre-hospital system which is characterized by the presence of emergency physicians in the field. The characteristics of the patients and the nature of their initial management can therefore not easily be extrapolated to EMS systems in other countries. Our results must therefore be compared with other systems of prehospital care.

Conclusion

In the current study, we found early hyperoxemia in severe trauma patients to be associated with a reduced in-hospital mortality. This result may support systematic administration of oxygen in trauma patients during the initial management in the prehospital setting, but the retrospective nature of the study warrants its careful interpretation. The study calls for a randomized clinical trial to further investigate this association.

Availability of data and materials

The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study may be available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Abbreviations

ASA score:

American Society of Anesthesiologists score

ED:

Emergency department

FiO2 :

High inspired concentrations of oxygen

GCS:

Glasgow Coma Scale

ICU:

Intensive care unit

IPTW:

Inverse probability of treatment weighting

IQR:

Interquartile ranges

PaO2 :

Arterial oxygen partial pressure

RCT:

Randomized controlled trials

SD:

Standard deviations

SMUR:

Service Mobile d’Urgence et de Réanimation

SpO2 :

Oxygen saturation

TBI:

Traumatic brain injury

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Acknowledgements

Collaborating author names of the Traumabase® group:

Romain Pirracchio

Service d’Anesthésie-réanimation, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

Anne Godier

Service d’Anesthésie-réanimation, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

Anatole Harrois

Université Paris Sud, Université Paris Saclay, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Bicêtre Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Sud, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94275, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France

Thomas Geeraerts

Anesthesiology and Critical Care Department, University Hospital of Toulouse, University Toulouse 3-Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

Eric Meaudre

Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Military Hospital, Hôpital d’Instruction des Armées Sainte-Anne, France and Emergency department, Military Hospital, Hôpital d’Instruction des Armées Sainte-Anne, France

Sylvain Ausse

Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Percy military hospital, Clamart, France

Tobias Gauss

Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Beaujon Hospital, AP-HP, University of Paris, Paris, France

Alain Meyer

Unités de Réanimation Chirurgicale et de Surveillance Continue, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Sophie Hamada

Université paris Sud, Université Paris Saclay, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Bicêtre Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Sud, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94275, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France

Arthur Neuschwander

Service d’Anesthésie-réanimation, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

Fabrice Cook

Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Henri Mondor University Hospital, Creteil, France

Helene Vinour

Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Department, University Hospital of Toulouse, University Toulouse 3-Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

Jean Luc Hanouz

Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Pôle Réanimations Anesthésie SAMU, Caen University Hospital, Caen, France

Arnaud Foucrier

Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Beaujon Hospital, AP-HP, University of Paris, Paris, France

Mathieu Boutonnet

Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Percy military hospital, Clamart, France

Pascal Raclot

Reims University Hospital, Robert Debré Hospital, Intensive Care Unit, Reims, France

James Arthur

Sorbonne Université and Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, AP-HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Pitié-Salpêtrière

Nathalie Bruneau

Pôle d’Anesthésie-Réanimation, CHU de Lille, Lille, France

Jean Cotte

Department of Anesthesiology and intensive care, military hospital, Hôpital d’Instruction des Armées Sainte-Anne, France

Marc Leone

Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Aix-Marseille University, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France

Gerard Audibert

Department of Anesthesiology and surgical Intensive Care, University Hospital of Nancy, Nancy, France

Others:

For ideas, input and constructive criticism

Jacob Steinmetz

Department of Anesthesia, Centre of Head and Orthopedics, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Lars S. Rasmussen

Department of Anesthesia, Centre of Head and Orthopedics, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

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The Traumabase® has been sponsored by the Regional Health Agency of Ile de France for 2014–2017.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Urgences et Samu 93, AP-HP, Avicenne Hospital, Inserm U942, 93000, Bobigny, France

    Josefine S. Baekgaard & Frédéric Adnet

  2. Department of Anesthesia, Section 4231, Centre of Head and Orthopedics, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 10, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Josefine S. Baekgaard

  3. Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Beaujon Hospital, AP-HP, University of Paris, Paris, France

    Paer-Selim Abback, Jean-Denis Moyer, Catherine Paugam-Burtz, Tobias Gauss & Arnaud Foucrier

  4. URC CRC, Avicenne Hospital, Bobigny, France

    Marouane Boubaya & Coralie Bloch-Queyrat

  5. Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, CHU de Lille, Lille, France

    Delphine Garrigue

  6. Sorbonne Université, INSERM, UMRS1158 Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et Clinique; AP-HP Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire APHP-Sorbonne Université, site Pitié-Salpêtrière, Département d’Anesthésie Réanimation, F-75013, Paris, France

    Mathieu Raux

  7. Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France

    Benoit Champigneulle

  8. Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, AP-HP, Bicêtre Hospital, Paris, France

    Guillaume Dubreuil

  9. Department of Anesthesia and Surgical Critical Care, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

    Julien Pottecher

  10. Department of Anesthesia, Percy Army Training Hospital, Paris, France

    Philippe Laitselart

  11. Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital of Reims, Reims, France

    Fleur Laloum

  12. Service d’Anesthésie-réanimation, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

    Romain Pirracchio, Anne Godier & Arthur Neuschwander

  13. Université Paris Sud, Université Paris Saclay, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Bicêtre Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Sud, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin Bicêtre, F-94275, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France

    Anatole Harrois & Sophie Hamada

  14. Anesthesiology and Critical Care Department, University Hospital of Toulouse, University Toulouse 3-Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

    Thomas Geeraerts

  15. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Military Hospital, Hôpital d’Instruction des Armées Sainte-Anne, Toulon, France

    Eric Meaudre & Jean Cotte

  16. Emergency department, Military Hospital, Hôpital d’Instruction des Armées Sainte-Anne, Toulon, France

    Eric Meaudre

  17. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Percy military hospital, Clamart, France

    Sylvain Ausset & Mathieu Boutonnet

  18. Unités de Réanimation Chirurgicale et de Surveillance Continue, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

    Alain Meyer

  19. Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Henri Mondor University Hospital, Creteil, France

    Fabrice Cook

  20. Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Department, University Hospital of Toulouse, University Toulouse 3-Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

    Helene Vinour

  21. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Pôle Réanimations Anesthésie SAMU, Caen University Hospital, Caen, France

    Jean Luc Hanouz

  22. Reims University Hospital, Robert Debré Hospital, Intensive Care Unit, Reims, France

    Pascal Raclot

  23. Sorbonne Université and Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, AP-HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France

    James Arthur

  24. Pôle d’Anesthésie-Réanimation, CHU de Lille, Lille, France

    Nathalie Bruneau

  25. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Aix-Marseille University, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France

    Marc Leone

  26. Department of Anesthesiology and surgical Intensive Care, University Hospital of Nancy, Nancy, France

    Gerard Audibert

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  • Romain Pirracchio
  • , Anne Godier
  • , Anatole Harrois
  • , Thomas Geeraerts
  • , Eric Meaudre
  • , Sylvain Ausset
  • , Tobias Gauss
  • , Alain Meyer
  • , Sophie Hamada
  • , Arthur Neuschwander
  • , Fabrice Cook
  • , Helene Vinour
  • , Jean Luc Hanouz
  • , Arnaud Foucrier
  • , Mathieu Boutonnet
  • , Pascal Raclot
  • , James Arthur
  • , Nathalie Bruneau
  • , Jean Cotte
  • , Marc Leone
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Supplementary table on baseline characteristics for hypoxemic patients (PaO2 < 60 mmHg).

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Supplementary table on baseline characteristics for intubated vs spontaneously breathing patients.

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Multivariate full model including factors used in propensity score.

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Baekgaard, J.S., Abback, PS., Boubaya, M. et al. Early hyperoxemia is associated with lower adjusted mortality after severe trauma: results from a French registry. Crit Care 24, 604 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-020-03274-x

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