Oxygen treatment for acute severe asthma

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D Inwald et al. BMJ. 2001.

. 2001 Jul 14;323(7304):98-100.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7304.98.

¹ Portex Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Respiratory Medicine, Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH. D.Inwald@ich.ucl.ac.uk

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Oxygen treatment for acute severe asthma. Home oxygenation would be more effective.
Tokuda Y, Miyagi S. Tokuda Y, et al. BMJ. 2001 Nov 3;323(7320):1069. BMJ. 2001. PMID: 11713748 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Oxygen treatment for acute severe asthma. Oxygen saturation may help identify patients in need of intensive management.
Rodrigo GJ. Rodrigo GJ. BMJ. 2001 Nov 3;323(7320):1069. BMJ. 2001. PMID: 11713749 No abstract available.

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