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The incidence of adult respiratory distress syndrome in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2005

A. Michalopoulos
Affiliation:
Intensive Care Unit, Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, Greece
S. Prapas
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, Greece
M. E. Falagas
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Clinic, Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, Greece
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© 2006 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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