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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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Autores principales: Echevarria, Carlos, Steer, John, Bourke, Stephen C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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

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