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Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2018

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Formenti, P., Bolgiaghi, L., Chiumello, D. (2018). Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in Critical Care. In: Vincent, JL. (eds) Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2018. Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73670-9_22

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