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Tissue-oxygenation assessment using near-infrared spectroscopy during severe sepsis: confounding effects of tissue edema on StO2 values

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Poeze, M. Tissue-oxygenation assessment using near-infrared spectroscopy during severe sepsis: confounding effects of tissue edema on StO2 values. Intensive Care Med 32, 788–789 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-006-0121-x

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