Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 171-182 , June 2010

New insights into experimental evidence on atelectasis and causes of lung injury

  • Thomas Muders, MD (Staff Anaesthesiologist)
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  • Hermann Wrigge, MD, PhD (Associate Professor of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine)

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 228 287 14112; Fax: +49 228 287 14125.

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2010.02.009

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 171-182 , June 2010