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Comment
. 2022 Jun 28;31(164):210277.
doi: 10.1183/16000617.0277-2021. Print 2022 Jun 30.

Ventilation/perfusion mismatch is not the sole reason for hypoxaemia in early stage COVID-19 patients

Gurgen Harutyunyan  1 , Varsenik Harutyunyan  2 , Garnik Harutyunyan  2 , Andrés Sánchez Gimeno  3 , Artur Cherkezyan  4 , Spartak Petrosyan  5 , Anatoli Gnuni  6 , Suren Soghomonyan  7
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Ventilation/perfusion mismatch is not the sole reason for hypoxaemia in early stage COVID-19 patients

Gurgen Harutyunyan et al. Eur Respir Rev. .

Abstract

The transformation of alveolar microcirculation to a peripheral circulation type in COVID-19 patients leads to important decreases in haemoglobin–oxygen affinity and provokes biochemical shunt https://bit.ly/3jE53pe

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