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Zulian Liu1, Rui V Duarte1, Sue Bayliss1

  • 1Murray Learning Centre, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Room 137, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK.

Systematic Reviews
|June 9, 2016
PubMed
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Keywords:
Adverse effectsECCO2RExtracorporeal membrane carbon dioxide removalHypercapnic respiratory failureLung transplantation

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