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Positive end-expiratory pressure titration at bedside using electrical impedance tomography in post-operative cardiac

J Karsten1, C Grusnick2, H Paarmann2

  • 1Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
|April 14, 2015
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