TY - JOUR AU - Panwar, Rakshit PY - 2016 TI - The unknowns about oxygen therapy in critically ill patients JF - Journal of Thoracic Disease; Vol 8, No 11 (November 16, 2016): Journal of Thoracic Disease Y2 - 2016 KW - N2 - Oxygen is a commonly used drug in healthcare (1). Despite the widespread and age-old use of oxygen therapy in acutely ill patients, there are several unknowns when some of the basic questions pertaining to the use of any drug are asked. On one hand, supra-physiological oxygen levels are often targeted, and achieved, in conventional practice (2-4), despite the lack of high-quality evidence that using supplemental oxygen to achieve the conventional hyperoxic levels has any benefit. Additionally, recent studies have highlighted potential harms associated with hyperoxia (5-7). UR - https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/10711