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Platelets and ECMO: should we worry about count, function, or both?

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland, 22 South Greene Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA

    Michael Mazzeffi & Kenichi Tanaka

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Mazzeffi, M., Tanaka, K. Platelets and ECMO: should we worry about count, function, or both?. Intensive Care Med 42, 1199–1200 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-016-4360-1

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