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Metadata
Title
Benefits of early tracheotomy: underpowered or overestimated?
Authors
Denise Petra Veelo
Ognjen Gajic
Marcus J. Schultz
Publication date
01-12-2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 12/2008
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-008-1329-8

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