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Influence of mechanical ventilation and inhalation of pulmonary vasodilators, upon pulmonary blood flow and pulmonary vascular resistance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Hartmut Kern*
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Charité (Standort Mitte). Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany
Wolfgang J. Kox
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Charité (Standort Mitte). Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany
*
Hartmut Kern, MD, Dept of Anesthesiology Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Charite (Standort Mitte), Humboldt-University Berlin, Schumannstr 20 21, 10117 Berlin, Germany Tel +49–30–2802 2808, Fax +49–20–2802 5065 E-mail harmmum.kern@charite.de

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Continuing Medical Education
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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