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Confirmation of brain death on VA-ECMO should mandate simultaneous distal arterial and post-oxygenator blood gas sampling

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  1. Department of Intensive Care, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

    Joshua Ihle & Aidan Burrell

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    Joshua Ihle

  3. Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

    Joshua Ihle & Aidan Burrell

  4. Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

    Aidan Burrell

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Ihle, J., Burrell, A. Confirmation of brain death on VA-ECMO should mandate simultaneous distal arterial and post-oxygenator blood gas sampling. Intensive Care Med 45, 1165–1166 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-019-05637-7

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