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No sedation in mechanical ventilation is associated with increased ventilator-free days
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  1. Z Puthucheary
  1. Correspondence to Z Puthucheary, Clinical Lecturer, Institute of Health and Human Performance, University College London, London N19 5LW, UK; zudin.puthucheary.09{at}ucl.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2010.145615

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