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Comment
. 2021 Mar 25;57(3):2100274.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.00274-2021. Print 2021 Mar.

P aO2 / F IO2 ratio: the mismeasure of oxygenation in COVID-19

Martin J Tobin  1 , Amal Jubran  1 , Franco Laghi  1
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Comment

P aO2 / F IO2 ratio: the mismeasure of oxygenation in COVID-19

Martin J Tobin et al. Eur Respir J. .

Abstract

PaO2 is the most precise measurement of patient oxygenation in COVID-19, but its accuracy is corrupted when communicated as PaO2/FIO2 ratio https://bit.ly/3tNipTJ

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: A. Jubran reports a grant from National Institute of Nursing Research (R01-NR016055) during the conduct of the study. Conflict of interest: F. Laghi reports a grant from Veterans Administration Research (1 I01 RX002803-01A1) during the conduct of the study. Conflict of interest: M.J. Tobin receives royalties for two books on critical care published by McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York.

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