Patient-Ventilator Interaction in the Long-Term Acute-Care Hospital
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Patient-ventilator interaction in the long-term acute-care hospital.
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عنوان ژورنال: Respiratory Care
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0020-1324,1943-3654
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.01084