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Surfactant therapy in patients with acute respiratory failure: report of two cases

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  1. Emergency and Critical Care Medical Center, Osaka City General Hospital, 2-13-22 Miyakojima Hondouri, Miyakojima-ku, 534, Osaka, Japan

    Hiroshi Rinka, Yoshio Matsuo, Tatsuhiro Shigemoto, Takahisa Yoshimura, Masanori Kan, Arito Kaji, Kazuma Tsukioka & Takashi Ukai

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Rinka, H., Matsuo, Y., Shigemoto, T. et al. Surfactant therapy in patients with acute respiratory failure: report of two cases. J Anesth 10, 227–230 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02471397

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