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Oxygen versus air-driven nebulisers for exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomised controlled trial

BACKGROUND: In exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, administration of high concentrations of oxygen may cause hypercapnia and increase mortality compared with oxygen titrated, if required, to achieve an oxygen saturation of 88–92%. Optimally titrated oxygen regimens require two co...

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Autores principales: Bardsley, George, Pilcher, Janine, McKinstry, Steven, Shirtcliffe, Philippa, Berry, James, Fingleton, James, Weatherall, Mark, Beasley, Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6171193/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30285695
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-018-0720-7