Emergency oxygen use

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7886, 2012, Pages

  O'Driscoll, Ronan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; HYPEROXEMIA; HYPOXEMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN DELIVERY DEVICE; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT MONITORING; PH; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANOXIA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DOCUMENTATION; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FATAL OUTCOME; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPEROXIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870658311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e6856     Document Type: Short Survey

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