The authors reply:

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2788-2789

  Batchinsky, Andriy I ^a   Chung, Kevin K ^a   Cannon, Jeremy W ^b   Cancio, Leopoldo C ^a  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR CONDITIONING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATHETER; DIALYSIS; DIALYSIS CATHETER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EXTRACORPOREAL CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL; EXTRACORPOREAL CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL DEVICE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; OXYGEN DELIVERY DEVICE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; RESPIRATORY DIALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

EID: 81855185902     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318232cebe     Document Type: Letter

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