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. 2017 Oct;43(10):1542-1543.
doi: 10.1007/s00134-017-4844-7. Epub 2017 May 31.

Minute ventilation to carbon dioxide production ratio is a simple and non-invasive index of ventilatory inefficiency in mechanically ventilated patients: proof of concept

René López  1   2 , Iván Caviedes  1   2 , Jerónimo Graf  3   4
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Minute ventilation to carbon dioxide production ratio is a simple and non-invasive index of ventilatory inefficiency in mechanically ventilated patients: proof of concept

René López et al. Intensive Care Med. 2017 Oct.
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