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Surfactant Depletion Combined with Injurious Ventilation Results in a Reproducible Model of the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
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Lung protective ventilation in ARDS: role of mediators, PEEP and surfactant

J J Haitsma1, R A Lachmann, B Lachmann

  • 1Department of Anesthesiology, Erasmus-MC Faculty, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease = Archivio Monaldi Per Le Malattie Del Torace
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