Title High arterial oxygen levels and supplemental oxygen administration in traumatic brain injury: insights from CENTER-TBI and OzENTER-TBI /
Authors Rezoagli, Emanuele ; Petrosino, Matteo ; Rebora, Paola ; Menon, David K ; Mondello, Stefania ; Cooper, D. James ; Maas, Andrew I.R ; Wiegers, Eveline J.A ; Galimberti, Stefania ; Citerio, Giuseppe
DOI 10.1007/s00134-022-06884-x
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Is Part of Intensive care medicine.. New York : Springer. 2022, vol. 48, iss. 12, p. 1709-1725.. ISSN 0342-4642. eISSN 1432-1238
Keywords [eng] PaO2 ; FiO(2) ; traumatic brain injury ; GOSE ; mortality ; GFAP
Abstract [eng] Purpose: The effect of high arterial oxygen levels and supplemental oxygen administration on outcomes in traumatic brain injury (TBI) is debated, and data from large cohorts of TBI patients are limited. We investigated whether exposure to high blood oxygen levels and high oxygen supplementation is independently associated with outcomes in TBI patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) and undergoing mechanical ventilation. Methods: This is a secondary analysis of two multicenter, prospective, observational, cohort studies performed in Europe and Australia. In TBI patients admitted to ICU, we describe the arterial partial pressure of oxygen ( PaO2) and the oxygen inspired fraction ( FiO2). We explored the association between high PaO2 and FiO2 levels within the first week with clinical outcomes. Furthermore, in the CENTER-TBI cohort, we investigate whether PaO2 and FiO2 levels may have differential relationships with outcome in the presence of varying levels of brain injury severity (as quantified by levels of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in blood samples obtained within 24 h of injury). Results: The analysis included 1084 patients (11,577 measurements) in the CENTER-TBI cohort, of whom 55% had an unfavorable outcome, and 26% died at a 6-month follow-up. Median PaO2 ranged from 93 to 166 mmHg. Exposure to higher PaO2 and FiO2 in the first seven days after ICU admission was independently associated with a higher mortality rate. A trend of a higher mortality rate was partially confirmed in the OzENTER-TBI cohort (n = 159). GFAP was independently associated with mortality and functional neurologic outcome at follow-up, but it did not modulate the outcome impact of high PaO2 levels, which remained independently associated with 6-month mortality.
Published New York : Springer
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2022
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