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. 2002 Feb;57(2):170–177. doi: 10.1136/thorax.57.2.170

The pulmonary physician in critical care • 2: Oxygen delivery and consumption in the critically ill

R Leach 1, D Treacher 1
PMCID: PMC1746239  PMID: 11828050

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