Mechanical ventilators for low- and middle-income countries: informing a context-specific and sustainable design.

Br J Anaesth

Centre for Human and Applied Physiological Sciences, School of Basic and Medical Biosciences, King's College London, London, UK; Department of Biomechanics, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE, USA; Nuffield Division of Anaesthetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Electronic address:

Published: April 2022

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