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. 2021 Apr 6;7(2):00113-2021.
doi: 10.1183/23120541.00113-2021. eCollection 2021 Apr.

Conservative management of COVID-19 associated hypoxaemia

Wolfram Windisch  1 , Stefan Kluge  2 , Martin Bachmann  3 , Carl-Peter Criée  4 , Steffen Weber-Carstens  5 , Michael Westhoff  6 , Christian Karagiannidis  1 , Tobias Welte  7
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Conservative management of COVID-19 associated hypoxaemia

Wolfram Windisch et al. ERJ Open Res. .

Abstract

This correspondence argues that the conclusion given in the article "Conservative management of COVID-19-associated hypoxaemia" is not supported by the data https://bit.ly/3qAn7la.

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Conflict of interest: W. Windisch's hospital has received research grants from Respironics USA, Löwenstein Medical Germany and VitalAire Germany; and he has received personal speaking fees from companies dealing with mechanical ventilation. Conflict of interest: S. Kluge has received research grants from Ambu, Daiichi Sankyo, ETView Ltd, Fisher and Paychel, and Xenios; consulting fees from Bayer, Fresenius, Gilead, MSD and Pfizer; and lecture fees from Astra, CR Bard, Baxter, Biotest, Cytosorbents, Daiichi Sankyo, Fresenius, Gilead, MSD, Pfizer, Philips and Zoll. Conflict of interest: M. Bachmann has received consulting fees from companies dealing with mechanical ventilation and payment for a presentation from Philips Respironics; and is the president of the German Interdisciplinary Society for Home Mechanical Ventilation (DIGAB). Conflict of interest: C-P. Criée has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: S. Weber-Carstens’ hospital has received a research grant from Dräger Medical; and he has received personal speaking fees from companies dealing with mechanical ventilation and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Conflict of interest: M. Westhoff's hospital has received a grant from Löwenstein Medical Germany; and he has received consulting fees from companies dealing with mechanical ventilation, and payments or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing or educational events from Löwenstein Medical Germany. Conflict of interest: C. Karagiannidis has received a research grant from the German Ministry of Research and Education; consulting fees from companies dealing with mechanical ventilation; and speaking fees from Maquet Germany, Xenios Germany and Bayer Germany; and is the organizer of the Germany Registry of ICUs. Conflict of interest: T. Welte has nothing to disclose.

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