Oxygen: Friend or foe in the COVID‐19 battle

Hypoxia and hypoxemia are two different entities. Correcting hypoxemia without hypoxia tends to have disastrous effects and delays lung healing. In this study, we share a case of an elderly man with moderate COVID‐19 who never received any form of supplemental oxygen as compared to other patients wi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Chudasama, Kishan, Sangey, Esmail
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8710785/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34963816
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5254
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Sumario:Hypoxia and hypoxemia are two different entities. Correcting hypoxemia without hypoxia tends to have disastrous effects and delays lung healing. In this study, we share a case of an elderly man with moderate COVID‐19 who never received any form of supplemental oxygen as compared to other patients with similar presentation.

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