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Case Reports
. 1988 May;63(5):541-3.
doi: 10.1136/adc.63.5.541.

Air embolism in ventilated very low birthweight infants

T R Fenton  1 , S Bennett, N McIntosh
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Air embolism in ventilated very low birthweight infants

T R Fenton et al. Arch Dis Child. 1988 May.

Abstract

Five cases of air embolism in ventilated very low birthweight infants are reported. In all cases the outcome was fatal with the babies dying at about 15 hours of age.

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