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The effects of the introduction of an adult ECMO program on statewide referral patterns, casemix and outcomes in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome or pneumonia

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  1. Critical Care Research Group, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Dan Mullany, Kiran Shekar, Marc Ziegenfuss & John F Fraser

  2. Adult Intensive Care Unit, The Prince Charles Hospital, Rode Road, Chermside, Brisbane, 4032, Queensland, Australia

    Dan Mullany, Kiran Shekar, Marc Ziegenfuss & John F Fraser

  3. Intensive Care Unit, The Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, 4102, Queensland, Australia

    Christopher Joyce

  4. Department of Intensive Care, The Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Prahran, Victoria, 3004, Australia

    David Pilcher

  5. Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care-Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3181, Australia

    David Pilcher

  6. Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) Centre for Outcome and Resource Evaluation (CORE), Ievers Terrace, Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, 3053, Australia

    David Pilcher

  7. School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Annette Dobson

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Mullany, D., Shekar, K., Ziegenfuss, M. et al. The effects of the introduction of an adult ECMO program on statewide referral patterns, casemix and outcomes in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome or pneumonia. Intensive Care Med 43, 1065–1066 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-017-4771-7

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