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Comparison of early warning scores in patients with COPD exacerbation: DECAF and NEWS score
BACKGROUND: The National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) includes two oxygen saturation scales; the second adjusts target saturations to 88%–92% for those with hypercapnic respiratory failure. Using this second scale in all patients with COPD exacerbation (‘NEWS2(All COPD)’) would simplify practice, b...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6817986/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31387892 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2019-213470 |