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Preoxygenation Techniques for Tracheal Intubation in Critically Ill Adults Utilizing Oxygen Mask and Noninvasive Ventilation
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Preoxygenation Techniques for Tracheal Intubation in Critically Ill Adults Utilizing Oxygen Mask and Noninvasive Ventilation

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Increased 36-week survival with high oxygen saturation target in extremely preterm infants

Ben Stenson, Peter Brocklehurst, William Tarnow-Mordi

    The New England Journal of Medicine
    |April 29, 2011
    PubMed
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