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Enabling speech in ICU patients during mechanical ventilation

Authors: Peter H. Egbers, Renske Bultsma, Harmen Middelkamp, E. Christiaan Boerma

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 7/2014

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Title: Enabling speech in ICU patients during mechanical ventilation
Authors: Peter H. Egbers
Renske Bultsma
Harmen Middelkamp
E. Christiaan Boerma
Publication date: 01-07-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 7/2014
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-014-3315-7

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