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Acute respiratory distress and hemorrhagic shock in a patient 12 days after elective hepatic surgery

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  1. Intensive Care Medicine Department, University Hospital of Heraklion, University of Crete, Voutes 71110, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    Nektaria Xirouchaki, Eleni Mavrogeni, Eumorfia Kondili & Dimitris Georgopoulos

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Xirouchaki, N., Mavrogeni, E., Kondili, E. et al. Acute respiratory distress and hemorrhagic shock in a patient 12 days after elective hepatic surgery. Intensive Care Med 33, 368–370 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-006-0483-0

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