Happy hypoxemia, or blunted ventilation?
Abstract Happy hypoxemia is an unspecified definition that is used in COVID-19 patients to define hypoxemia without dyspnoea. Dyspnoea is a very complex symptom, and although hypoxemia can cause breathlessness, dyspnoea is not related to hypoxemia, but is more closely related to inspiratory drive an...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-01-01
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Series: | Respiratory Research |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-020-01604-9 |