When Should We Intubate in Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure?

Yarnell, Christopher J; Patel, Bhakti K · NEJM Evid · 2023

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

Intubation during Hypoxemic Respiratory FailureThere is little evidence to guide the common and high-stakes decision to initiate invasive ventilation in hypoxemic respiratory failure. In this Tomorrow's Trial, Yarnell and Patel propose a randomized trial of different physiological thresholds for the initiation of invasive ventilation.

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