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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Main Authors: Josuel Ora, Paola Rogliani, Mario Dauri, Denis O’Donnell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:Respiratory Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-020-01604-9