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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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European Respiratory Society
2021
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| 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 |