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Editorial
. 2007 Oct;62(10):840-1.
doi: 10.1136/thx.2006.068866.

Is it time to change the approach to oxygen therapy in the breathless patient?

Editorial

Is it time to change the approach to oxygen therapy in the breathless patient?

Richard Beasley et al. Thorax. 2007 Oct.

Abstract

The need to highlight the risks of high flow oxygen in clinical teaching

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