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Residual hypoxemia in obesity-hypoventilation syndrome: quantification of the ventilation/perfusion imbalance

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  1. Pneumologia Unit, Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain

    Laura Martinez Vega, Gemma Rubinos Cuadrado & Ramón Fernández Álvarez

  2. Servicio de Neumología Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Avda de Roma s/n, 33011, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain

    Ramón Fernández Álvarez

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Vega, L.M., Cuadrado, G.R. & Álvarez, R.F. Residual hypoxemia in obesity-hypoventilation syndrome: quantification of the ventilation/perfusion imbalance. Sleep Breath 26, 1287–1288 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-021-02484-z

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