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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Straße 40, 37075, Göttingen, Germany

    Luciano Gattinoni

  2. Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Antonio Pesenti

  3. Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA

    Michael Matthay

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Gattinoni, L., Pesenti, A. & Matthay, M. Understanding blood gas analysis. Intensive Care Med 44, 91–93 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-017-4824-y

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