Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 157-169 , June 2010

Mechanisms of atelectasis in the perioperative period

  • Göran Hedenstierna, MD, PhD (Professor and Head of Research Department)

      Affiliations

    • Uppsala University, Dept of Medical Sciences, Clinical Physiology, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 18 611 41 44; Fax: +46 18 611 41 53.
    • ,
  • Lennart Edmark, MD, DEAA (Senior Consultant)

      Affiliations

    • Dept of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Västerås Hospital, 721 89 Västerås, Sweden
    • Tel.: +46 21 17 30 00.

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2009.12.002

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 157-169 , June 2010

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