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Identifying patients with ards: may BAL-morphology be helpful?

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Army Share Fund Hospital NIMTS, Athanasiou Diakou 173, 16451, Argyroupolis, Athens, Greece

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  2. Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave, University Box 8225, 63110, St. Louis, MO, USA

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Lengas, A., Schuster, D. Identifying patients with ards: may BAL-morphology be helpful?. Intensive Care Med 24, 645–646 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001340050635

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