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Comment
. 2020 May 11;24(1):214.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-02940-4.

Simultaneous ventilation of two simulated ARDS patients in COVID-19 pandemic

Danny Epstein  1 , Yoav Hoffman  2 , George Dahoud  3 , Aeyal Raz  4   5 , Asaf Miller  6
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Simultaneous ventilation of two simulated ARDS patients in COVID-19 pandemic

Danny Epstein et al. Crit Care. .
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AR is a consultant for and receives funding from Medtronic (unrelated to this project). The other authors declare no competing interests.

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Simultaneous ventilation model. a Ventilation parameters of high-compliance lung (one lung ventilated). b Ventilation parameters of low-compliance lung (one lung ventilated). c Two-subject ventilator circuit (scheme). d Two-subject ventilator circuit (photography). e Combined ventilation parameters (both lungs connected)
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