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Pushing the boundaries for the use of ECMO in acute hypoxic respiratory failure

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Bohn, D. Pushing the boundaries for the use of ECMO in acute hypoxic respiratory failure. Intensive Care Med 31, 896–897 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-005-2667-4

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