Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia: possible role of antimicrobials administered via the respiratory tract.
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Accordingly, it would also be interesting to have answers to the following questions concerning Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease stage IV chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients. 1) How many patients with a ground-level arterial oxygen saturation measured by pulse oximetry of .95% underwent hypoxic challenge testing? 2) How many patients flew without oxygen and without preflight hypoxic challenge testing?
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The European respiratory journal
دوره 31 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008