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Venous and arterial base excess difference: methodological error or physiological reality?

Authors: Luciano Gattinoni, Mattia Busana

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 11/2019

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Title: Venous and arterial base excess difference: methodological error or physiological reality?
Authors: Luciano Gattinoni
Mattia Busana
Publication date: 01-11-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 11/2019
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-019-05695-x

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