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Qualification, knowledge, tasks and responsibilities of the clinical perfusionist in Germany
Adrian Bauer1, Christoph Benk1, Holger Thiele2
1German Society of Cardiovascular Engineering (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiotechnik, DGfK), Coswig, Germany.
Abstract:
Consensus paper of the German Society of Cardiovascular Engineering, the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, the German Society of Cardiology, the German Society of Pediatric Cardiology, the German Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, the German Interdisciplinary Association of Intensive Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine and the German Society of Medical Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine.
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