Automated versus manual oxygen titration in COPD exacerbation: machine or hands, this is the question

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The authors report no conflicts of interest in this communication.

Disclosure

The Fond de Recherche en Santé du Québec contributes to FL’s salary for research activities (clinical research scholar) and to the research assistant’s salary (clinical research grant). FL and ELH are the coinventors of the FreeO₂ system and made the first prototypes with the engineering department of Laval University. FL and ELH are the cofounders of a Laval University spin-off research and development company (OxyNov) to develop automated systems for respiratory support. FM holds a GlaxoSmithKline/Canadian Institutes of Health Research chair on COPD at Laval University. FM and YL participate in Innovair, a company that owns shares in OxyNov, the owner of the FreeO₂ device. The authors report no other conflicts of interest in this communication.