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- Published on: 22 April 2003Re: Earlier study on asbestos workers, ILO scores and oxygenationShow More
Dear Editor,
We read the letter from Dr Smith with interest and thank him for suggesting his paper for discussion. Dr Smith argued that (i) there was significant overlap between his study [1] and ours [2], and (ii) oxygen desaturation as measured by pulse oximetry was an inappropriate means for testing exercise desaturation. We strongly disagreed with both points.
(i) Our study and that of Smith and...
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None declared. - Published on: 3 April 2003Earlier study on asbestos workers, ILO scores and oxygenation more comprehensiveShow More
Dear Editor
The publication of "Radiographic (ILO) readings predict arterial oxygen desaturation during exercise in subjects with asbestosis" by YCG Lee et al. from the Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital in Perth [1] presents no new information and fails to reference an earlier paper on the same subject which included more patients with clinical asbestosis and four different control groups.[2] This paper actually m...
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