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Published in: Critical Care 1/2020

Open Access 01-12-2020 | Coronavirus | Editorial

COVID-19: a hypothesis regarding the ventilation-perfusion mismatch

Authors: Mario G. Santamarina, Dominique Boisier, Roberto Contreras, Martiniano Baque, Mariano Volpacchio, Ignacio Beddings

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2020

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In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, was detected in the city of Wuhan, China, which since then has expanded throughout the world and caused a pandemic coronavirus disease (COVID-19). …
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Metadata
Title
COVID-19: a hypothesis regarding the ventilation-perfusion mismatch
Authors
Mario G. Santamarina
Dominique Boisier
Roberto Contreras
Martiniano Baque
Mariano Volpacchio
Ignacio Beddings
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/s13054-020-03125-9

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