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Del Sorbo, L., Fan, E., Nava, S. et al. ECCO2R in COPD exacerbation only for the right patients and with the right strategy. Intensive Care Med 42, 1830–1831 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-016-4493-2
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