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Weight loss for critical care patient to improve lung transplantation candidacy: A case report

A 47-year-old male with morbid obesity and progressive pulmonary fibrosis was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with worsening hypoxia and nocturnal ventilator dependence. Due to a significant oxygen requirement, the patient could only safely remain in an acute care setting. Unfortunately, h...

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Autores principales: Garcia, Michael C., Surampudi, Vijaya, Li, Zhaoping, Saggar, Rajan, Shah, Sapna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7451811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32874911
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101193