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The electrolarynx as a communication tool for mechanically ventilated critically ill patients: a prospective feasibility study

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  1. Intensive Care Unit, Kanazawa University Hospital, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa, 920-8641, Japan

    Koji Sato, Masaki Okajima & Takumi Taniguchi

  2. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

    Takumi Taniguchi

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Sato, K., Okajima, M. & Taniguchi, T. The electrolarynx as a communication tool for mechanically ventilated critically ill patients: a prospective feasibility study. Intensive Care Med 42, 1299–1300 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-016-4389-1

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