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Hypoxemic acute respiratory failure of severe tetanus: is it of cardiac or pulmonary origin?

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  1. Intensive Care Unit, Department of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Parviz Khajehdehi & Gholam-Reza Rezaian

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Khajehdehi, P., Rezaian, GR. Hypoxemic acute respiratory failure of severe tetanus: is it of cardiac or pulmonary origin?. Intensive Care Med 27, 938 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001340100940

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