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Authors' response: hyperoxia in acute asthma
  1. Kyle Perrin,
  2. Meme Wijesinghe,
  3. Mark Weatherall,
  4. Richard Beasley
  1. Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, Capital and Coast District Health Board, Wellington, New Zealand and Department of Medicine, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
  1. Correspondence to Dr Kyle Perrin, Medical Research Institute of New Zealand and Capital and Coast District Health Board, Level 7, CSB building, Wellington Hospital, Riddiford Street, Wellington 6021, New Zealand; kyle.perrin{at}mrinz.ac.nz

https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201469

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    We appreciate the comments by Snelson and Tunnicliffe1 regarding our study of the effects of high concentration oxygen therapy in acute exacerbations of asthma.2 We concur with the view that the effect of high concentration oxygen therapy on arterial carbon dioxide pressure (PaCO2) is not clinically relevant in all patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with acute severe asthma. However, we consider that the 3.9-fold …

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    • Linked article 201383.

    • Competing interests None.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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      Hyperoxia in acute asthma
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      Thorax 2011; 67 833-834 Published Online First: 20 Dec 2011. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201383