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[Assessment of various new predictive parameters of the outcome of mechanical ventilation weaning]

M Mergoni1, A Costa, S Primavera

  • 1Ospedale Maggiore Servizio di Anestesia e Rianimazione, Azienda Ospedale, Parma.

Minerva Anestesiologica
|May 1, 1996
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