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    Area of Science:

    • Critical Care Medicine
    • Physiology
    • Medical Metrology

    Background:

    • Current guidelines recommend specific ScvO2 (>70%) or SvO2 (>65%) targets for septic and non-septic patients.
    • These simple recommendations risk oversimplifying complex critical care management.
    • Venous oxygen saturation is recognized as an adaptive variable with substantial inter-patient variability.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To review the physiological and pathological factors influencing venous oxygen saturation.
    • To examine metrological issues related to SvO2 and ScvO2 measurements.
    • To demonstrate the inter-patient variability of SvO2 and ScvO2 and its implications for clinical practice.

    Main Methods:

    • Analysis of physiological and pathological features affecting venous oxygen saturation.
    • Review of metrological challenges in measuring SvO2 and ScvO2.
    • Population-based analysis using a modeled group of 1,000 ICU patients and a real cohort of 100 patients (15,860 measurements).

    Main Results:

    • SvO2 and ScvO2 exhibit significant inter-patient variability.
    • Optimizing one to three components of S(c)vO2 led to patient homogenization and dependency on the fourth component.
    • This variability explains discordant outcomes in studies using fixed S(c)vO2 targets.

    Conclusions:

    • Fixed S(c)vO2 goals may not be universally applicable due to patient variability.
    • A systematic S(c)vO2 goal-oriented protocol might offer statistical benefits pre-ICU admission.
    • Optimal intensive care requires balancing S(c)vO2 with its components, considering individual patient circumstances.