COVID-19: efficacy of prehospital pulse oximetry for early detection of silent hypoxemia

Affiliations

¹ Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio, 67100, L'Aquila, Italy.
² Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio, 67100, L'Aquila, Italy. marco.ferrari@univaq.it.

Comment

Valentina Quaresima et al. Crit Care. 2020.

. 2020 Aug 13;24(1):501.

doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03185-x.

¹ Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio, 67100, L'Aquila, Italy.
² Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio, 67100, L'Aquila, Italy. marco.ferrari@univaq.it.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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