Oximetry neither to prescribe long-term oxygen therapy nor to screen for severe hypoxaemia

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Transcutaneous pulse oximetry saturation (S(pO(2))) is widely used to diagnose severe hypoxaemia and to prescribe long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) in COPD. This practice is not based on evidence. The primary objective of this study was to determine the accuracy (false positi...

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Autores principales: Lacasse, Yves, Thériault, Sébastien, St-Pierre, Benoît, Bernard, Sarah, Sériès, Frédéric, Bernatchez, Harold Jean, Maltais, François
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Respiratory Society 2021
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Original Research Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8521391/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34671670
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00272-2021

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8521391/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34671670
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00272-2021

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