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Measuring diaphragm thickness with ultrasound in mechanically ventilated patients: feasibility, reproducibility and
Ewan C Goligher1, Franco Laghi, Michael E Detsky
1Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ewan.goligher@mail.utoronto.ca.
Intensive Care Medicine
|March 10, 2015
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