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01-12-2015 | Review

Extracorporeal gas exchange for acute respiratory failure in adult patients: a systematic review

Authors: Matthieu Schmidt, Carol Hodgson, Alain Combes

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2015

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Abstract

This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2015 and co-published as a series in Critical Care. Other articles in the series can be found online at http://​ccforum.​com/​series/​annualupdate2015​. Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from http://​www.​springer.​com/​series/​8901.
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Metadata
Title
Extracorporeal gas exchange for acute respiratory failure in adult patients: a systematic review
Authors
Matthieu Schmidt
Carol Hodgson
Alain Combes
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-015-0806-z

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