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The paper describes two cases in which the patients who had suffered from severe pulmonary aspiration received supplemental oxygenation using a membrane oxygenator. One of the patients survived. The management of pulmonary aspiration is reviewed.
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Browne, C.H., Chew, H.E.R., Clark, E. et al. The management of the pulmonary aspiration syndrome. Intensive Care Med 3, 257–266 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01641117
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