The thin line between life and death

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 751-754

  Bracco, David ^a   Noiseux, Nicolas ^b   Hemmerling, Thomas M ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD FLOW; CANNULATION; DEATH; DEVICE; EDITORIAL; EMBOLECTOMY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LIFE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORTALITY; ORGAN PERFUSION; OXYGENATION; OXYGENATOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34247622436     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-007-0569-3     Document Type: Editorial

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