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. 2014 Dec;14(6):695-6.
doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.14-6-695.

The national early warning score gives misleading scores for oxygen saturation in patients at risk of hypercapnia

B Ronan O'Driscoll  1 , Kirstie Grant  2 , Darren Green  3 , Simon Edeghere  4 , Nawar Diar Bakerly  4 , Peter Murphy  4 , Val Edwards  4 , Peter M Turkington  4
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The national early warning score gives misleading scores for oxygen saturation in patients at risk of hypercapnia

B Ronan O'Driscoll et al. Clin Med (Lond). 2014 Dec.

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    Jones M. Jones M. Clin Med (Lond). 2014 Dec;14(6):696. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.14-6-696. Clin Med (Lond). 2014. PMID: 25468872 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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