Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 249-261 , September 2009

Use of ultrasound in the ICU

  • Jan Poelaert, MD, PhD (Professor)

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2009.02.010

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 249-261 , September 2009

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