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An unusual diagnosis of increasing respiratory failure after lung resection

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  1. Pulmonology Unit, Department of Cardiology, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera ASMN, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Viale Risorgimento 80, 42123, Reggio Emilia, Italy

    Cristiano Carbonelli, Giorgio Vezzani & Luigi Zucchi

  2. Cardiology Unit, Department of Cardiology, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera ASMN, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Reggio Emilia, Italy

    Teresa Grimaldi

  3. Thoracic Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiology, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera ASMN, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy

    Filippo Lococo & Cristian Rapicetta

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Carbonelli, C., Vezzani, G., Grimaldi, T. et al. An unusual diagnosis of increasing respiratory failure after lung resection. Intern Emerg Med 9, 891–892 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-014-1134-z

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