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Review
. 2016 Mar 16:20:65.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-016-1234-4.

Critically ill patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection

Hasan M Al-Dorzi  1   2 , Sami Alsolamy  2   3 , Yaseen M Arabi  4   5
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Review

Critically ill patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection

Hasan M Al-Dorzi et al. Crit Care. .

Abstract

This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency medicine 2016. Other selected articles can be found online at http://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/annualupdate2016. Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from http://www.springer.com/series/8901.

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Chest radiographs on the first day of endotracheal intubation of four patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS‐CoV) pneumonia
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