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However, the amount of oxygen administered frequently exceeds that needed to maintain normoxaemia, causing patients to experience hyperoxaemia and wasting supplemental oxygen. Closed-loop, autonomous oxygen titration systems are designed to optimise oxygen delivery by administering the lowest possible oxygen flow that maintains peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO\u2082) within a predefined range. For adults hospitalised with an acute injury or illness, it remains uncertain whether the use of a closed-loop, autonomous oxygen titration system safely increases the proportion of time spent in normoxaemia (SpO\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n 90%\u201396%) compared with usual care.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods and analysis<\/jats:title>\n \n The Strategy to Avoid Excessive Oxygen using Autonomous Oxygen Titration Intervention trial is a multicentre, unblinded, parallel-group, randomised trial being conducted at four level 1 trauma centres in the USA. 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