Critical care : the official journal of the Critical Care Forum
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Hyperoxemia and long-term outcome after traumatic brain injury.
The relationship between hyperoxemia and outcome in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) is controversial. We sought to investigate the independent relationship between hyperoxemia and long-term mortality in patients with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury. ⋯ Hyperoxemia in the first 24 hours of ICU admission after a moderate-to-severe TBI is not predictive of 6-month mortality.