Comparison of pulmonary artery and arterial thermodilution cardiac output in critically ill patients
β Scribed by S. G. Sakka; K. Reinhart; A. Meier-Hellmann
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 70 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1238
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