Oxygen Therapy and Risk of Infection for Health Care Workers Caring for Patients With Viral Severe Acute Respiratory Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

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Alexis Cournoyer, MD*; Sophie Grand’Maison, MD, MSc; Ann-Marie Lonergan, MD; Justine Lessard, MD; Jean-Marc Chauny, MD, MSc; Véronique Castonguay, MD, MEd; Martin Marquis, MSc; Amélie Frégeau, MD; Vérilibe Huard, MD; Zoé Garceau-Tremblay, MD; Ann-Sophie Turcotte, MD; Éric Piette, MD, MSc; Jean Paquet, PhD; Sylvie Cossette, PhD; Anne-Laure Féral-Pierssens, MD, PhD; Renaud-Xavier Leblanc, MD; Valéry Martel, MD; Raoul Daoust, MD, MSc

Study objective: To synthesize the evidence regarding the infection risk associated with different modalities of  oxygen therapy used in treating patients with severe acute respiratory infection. Health care workers face  significant risk of infection when treating patients with a viral severe acute respiratory infection. To ensure health care worker safety and limit nosocomial transmission of such infection, it is crucial to synthesize the evidence regarding the infection risk associated with different modalities of oxygen therapy used in treating patients with severe acute respiratory infection. Methods: MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were searched from January 1, 2000, to April 1, 2020, for studies describing the risk of infection associated with the modalities of oxygen therapy used for patients with severe acute respiratory infection. The study selection, data extraction, and quality assessment were performed by independent reviewers. The primary outcome measure was the infection of health care workers with a severe acute respiratory infection. Random-effect models were used to synthesize the extracted data. Results: Of 22,123 citations, 50 studies were eligible for qualitative synthesis and 16 for meta-analysis. Globally, the quality of the included studies provided a very low certainty of evidence. Being exposed or performing an intubation (odds ratio 6.48; 95% confidence interval 2.90 to 14.44), bag-valve-mask ventilation (odds ratio 2.70; 95% confidence interval 1.31 to 5.36), and noninvasive ventilation (odds ratio 3.96; 95% confidence interval 2.12 to 7.40) were associated with an increased risk of infection. All modalities of oxygen therapy generate air dispersion. Conclusion: Most modalities of oxygen therapy are associated with an increased risk of infection and none have been demonstrated as safe. The lowest flow of oxygen should be used to maintain an adequate oxygen saturation for patients with severe acute respiratory infection, and manipulation of oxygen delivery equipment should be minimized. [Ann Emerg Med.
2021;77:19-31.]
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