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. 2022 Aug;23(3):366-368.
doi: 10.1177/1751143721996538. Epub 2021 Feb 22.

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) as a ceiling of care treatment for hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19

Patrick Bradley  1 , Jennifer Nixon  2 , James Wilson  1 , James Redfern  2 , Tarek Saba  1 , Emily Nuttall  2 , Thomas Bongers  1
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Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) as a ceiling of care treatment for hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19

Patrick Bradley et al. J Intensive Care Soc. 2022 Aug.
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Declaration of conflicting interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Figure 1.
Box and whisker plots showing trends in patient observations and CPAP settings as percentage change per patient, with 2-hour CPAP values defined as baseline (matched).
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