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Unusual case of central alveolar hypoventilation

Lessons learned from ventilatory management of patients with alveolar hypoventilation in critical care conditions

Killen H. Briones-Claudett and Michelle Grunauer
Saudi Medical Journal May 2018, 39 (5) 534-535; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.5.22633
Killen H. Briones-Claudett
Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador, ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-7778-0362
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Michelle Grunauer
School of Medicine, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
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