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Early Identification of Worsening COVID-19 Lung Disease May Save Lives

By Richard M. Levitan, MD, FACEP; and Anna Marie Chang, MD | on February 19, 2021 | 0 Comment
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Dr. Chang is associate professor of emergency medicine at Jefferson Health in Philadelphia. Dr. Levitan is an adjunct professor of emergency medicine at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine in Hanover, N.H., and a visiting professor of emergency medicine at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. He works clinically at a critical care access hospital in rural New Hampshire and teaches cadaveric and fiber-optic airway courses.

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ACEP Now: Vol 40 – No 02 – February 2021

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Topics: coronavirusCOVID-19hypoxiaOxygenpneumoniaPulse Oximetry

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