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Understanding and Changing the Practice of Mechanical Ventilation in the Community

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  1. University of Toronto, Queen Street Wing, Room 4-042, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada

    Arthur S. Slutsky MD (Professor of Medicine, Surgery and Biomedical Engineering) (Professor of Medicine, Surgery and Biomedical Engineering)

  2. St. Michael’s Hospital, Queen Street Wing, Room 4-042, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada

    Arthur S. Slutsky MD (Professor of Medicine, Surgery and Biomedical Engineering) (Professor of Medicine, Surgery and Biomedical Engineering)

  3. Department of Intensive Care, Hospital Henri Mondor, University Paris XII, 94010, Créteil, France

    Laurent Brochard

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Rubenfeld, G.D. (2005). Understanding and Changing the Practice of Mechanical Ventilation in the Community. In: Slutsky, A.S., Brochard, L. (eds) Mechanical Ventilation. Update in Intensive Care Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26791-3_4

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