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Authors' response: hyperoxia in acute asthma
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- Respiratory infection
- lung physiology
- ARDS
- COPD epidemiology
- asthma
- asthma epidemiology
- asthma guidelines
- pulmonary embolism
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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