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Durand, D.J. (2012). Interpretation of Blood Gases. In: Donn, S., Sinha, S. (eds) Manual of Neonatal Respiratory Care. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2155-9_19

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