Hypoxaemia in chronic obstructive bronchitis.
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Hypoxaemia in chronic obstructive bronchitis.
Arterial blood gas tensions were studied for six years in 85 patients (59 men, 26 women, mean age 58.8 years) with hypoxaemia associated with chronic bronchitis. All patients who died had a precipitous fall of arterial oxygen tension (PaO2) breathing air. In patients dying within two years of the first appearance of ankle oedema the mean rate of fall of PaO2 was 0.11 kPa/month. Patients who sur...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.34.2.213