A high fraction of inspired oxygen may increase mortality in intubated trauma patients - A retrospective cohort study.

Background: Mechanical ventilation of trauma patients is common, and many will require a higher than normal fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO) to avoid hypoxaemia. The primary objective of this study was to assess the association between FiO and all-cause, one-year mortality in intubated trauma patients.

Methods: Adult trauma patients intubated in the initial phase post-trauma between 2015 and 2017 were retrospectively identified.

Ketamine for rapid sequence intubation in adult trauma patients: A retrospective observational study.

Background: In the trauma population, ketamine is commonly used during rapid sequence induction. However, as ketamine has been associated with important side effects, this study sought to compare in-hospital mortality in trauma patients after induction with ketamine versus other induction agents.

Methods: We retrospectively identified adult trauma patients intubated in the pre-hospital phase or initially in the trauma bay at two urban level-1 trauma centers during a 2-year period using local trauma registries and medical records.