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. 2002 Aug;57(8):729–734. doi: 10.1136/thorax.57.8.729

The pulmonary physician in critical care · 8: Ventilatory management of ALI/ARDS

J Cordingley 1, B Keogh 1
PMCID: PMC1746415  PMID: 12149536

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