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Rodriguez-Roisin, R., Roca, J. & Torres, A. Interplay of intrapulmonary and extrapulmonary factors on pulmonary gas exchange during weaning. Intensive Care Med 17, 249–251 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01713931
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