Impact of obesity in mechanically ventilated patients: a prospective study
✍ Scribed by Jean-Pierre Frat; Valérie Gissot; Stéphanie Ragot; Arnaud Desachy; Isabelle Runge; Christine Lebert; René Robert; for the Association des Réanimateurs du Centre-Ouest (ARCO) study group
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 209 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1238
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