C C A Grim, A D Cornet, A Kroner, A J Meiners, A J B W Brouwers, A C Reidinga, D J van Westerloo, D C J J Bergmans, D Gommers, D Versluis, D Weller, E Christiaan Boerma, E van Driel, E de Jonge, F J Schoonderbeek, H J F Helmerhorst, H G Jongsma-van Netten, J Weenink, K J Woittiez, K S Simons, L van Ewelie, M Petjak, M J Sigtermans, M van der Woude, O L Cremer, P Bijlstra, P van der Heiden, R K L So, R Vink, T Jansen, W de Ruijter
BACKGROUND: Over the last decade, there has been an increasing awareness for the potential harm of the administration of too much oxygen. We aimed to describe self-reported attitudes towards oxygen therapy by clinicians from a large representative sample of intensive care units (ICUs) in the Netherlands. METHODS: In April 2019, 36 ICUs in the Netherlands were approached and asked to send out a questionnaire (59 questions) to their nursing and medical staff (ICU clinicians) eliciting self-reported behaviour and attitudes towards oxygen therapy in general and in specific ICU case scenarios...
July 2020: Netherlands Journal of Medicine