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Supplemental oxygen in Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital Malawi: a prospective cohort study of patients admitted to medical wards

2021-06-04

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<h4>Background: </h4> Oxygen is designated an essential drug by the World Health Organisation, and reduces mortality in hypoxic patients. In low-resource settings the provision of oxygen seldom meets its demand. This study explores predictors and observed time-course of hypoxaemia in order to help inform needs assessments for oxygen in hospitals in low- and middle-income countries. <h4>Methods: </h4>: A prospecti...

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DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16509.2

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