COVID-19 pneumonia and ROX index: Time to set a new threshold for patients admitted outside the ICU. Author's reply

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¹ IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, University Hospital Sant'Orsola-Malpighi- Respiratory and Critical Care Unit- Bologna, Italy; Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Department of Clinical Integrated and Experimental Medicine (DIMES), Bologna, Italy.
² Division of Respiratory Diseases with intermediate respiratory intensive care units, Central Hospital of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy.
³ IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, University Hospital Sant'Orsola-Malpighi- Respiratory and Critical Care Unit- Bologna, Italy; Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Department of Clinical Integrated and Experimental Medicine (DIMES), Bologna, Italy. Electronic address: stefanava@gmail.com.

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M L Vega et al. Pulmonology. 2022 Jul-Aug.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2022.02.010. Epub 2022 Mar 4.

¹ IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, University Hospital Sant'Orsola-Malpighi- Respiratory and Critical Care Unit- Bologna, Italy; Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Department of Clinical Integrated and Experimental Medicine (DIMES), Bologna, Italy.
² Division of Respiratory Diseases with intermediate respiratory intensive care units, Central Hospital of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy.
³ IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, University Hospital Sant'Orsola-Malpighi- Respiratory and Critical Care Unit- Bologna, Italy; Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Department of Clinical Integrated and Experimental Medicine (DIMES), Bologna, Italy. Electronic address: stefanava@gmail.com.

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COVID-19 Pneumonia and ROX index: Time to set a new threshold for patients admitted outside the ICU.
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