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Real-world evidence challenges controlled hypoxemia guidelines for critically ill patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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This research is supported by the Singapore Ministry of Health’s National Medical Research Council under its Open Fund—Young Individual Research Grant (OFYIRG19nov-0010).

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    Fang Qian & Willem van den Boom

  2. Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

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Qian, F., van den Boom, W. & See, K.C. Real-world evidence challenges controlled hypoxemia guidelines for critically ill patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Intensive Care Med 49, 1133–1135 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-023-07166-w

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