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. 2017 Aug 1;21(1):203.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-017-1773-3.

Confounding variables impacting the association between duration of veno-arterial extracorporeal life support and mortality

Jesse Kiefer  1 , Robert E Freundlich  2
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Confounding variables impacting the association between duration of veno-arterial extracorporeal life support and mortality

Jesse Kiefer et al. Crit Care. .
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