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Published in: Critical Care 1/2020

Open Access 01-12-2020 | Coronavirus | Letter

Rapid establishment of an ICU using anesthesia ventilators during COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned

Authors: Amanda S. Xi, Marvin G. Chang, Edward A. Bittner

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2020

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We read with great interest the article by Goh et al. [1], and we thought it might be helpful to share our challenging experience with the deployment of anesthesia ventilators in our ICU when faced with a recent ventilator shortage at our institution. …
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Metadata
Title
Rapid establishment of an ICU using anesthesia ventilators during COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned
Authors
Amanda S. Xi
Marvin G. Chang
Edward A. Bittner
Publication date
01-12-2020
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-020-03107-x

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