Lesson of the Week: Rebound hypoxaemia after administration of oxygen in an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7801, 2011, Pages

  Kane, Binita ^a   Turkington, Peter M ^a   Howard, Luke S ^b   Davison, Anthony G ^c   Gibson, G John ^d   O'Driscoll, B Ronan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHEND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE PLUS SALMETEROL XINAFOATE; OXYGEN; SALBUTAMOL; TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE;

AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INHALER; LABORATORY TEST; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; REBOUND; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 79953880246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d1557     Document Type: Article

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