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Y-piece temperature and humidification during mechanical ventilation

Mario Solomita1, Feroza Daroowalla, Deniese S Leblanc

  • 1Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, HSC T 17-040, Stony Brook NY 11794, USA.

Respiratory Care
|March 31, 2009
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