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Review Article

Strategies for communicating with conscious mechanically ventilated critically ill patients

Ariel M. ModrykamienMedical Intensive Care Unit, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TexasCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD
Pages 534-537 | Received 23 May 2019, Accepted 20 Jun 2019, Published online: 22 Jul 2019

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