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. 2025 Mar;51(3):624-626.
doi: 10.1007/s00134-024-07761-5. Epub 2025 Jan 23.

Higher mortality in female versus male critically ill patients at comparable thresholds of mechanical power: necessity of normalization to functional lung size

Dario von Wedel #  1   2   3 , Simone Redaelli #  1   2   4 , Boris Jung  1   2   5   6 , Elias N Baedorf-Kassis #  6 , Maximilian S Schaefer #  7   8   9 ; Lung Injury Group
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Higher mortality in female versus male critically ill patients at comparable thresholds of mechanical power: necessity of normalization to functional lung size

Dario von Wedel et al. Intensive Care Med. 2025 Mar.
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Declarations. Conflicts of interest: DvW conducted this work in partial fulfillment of the requirements for an MD thesis. All authors declare no conflicts of interest related to this publication.

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