Prehospital Management of Swimming-Induced Pulmonary Edema: Is CPAP the Best Lifeguard?

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Department of Intensive Care and Noninvasive Ventilatory Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Morales Meseguer Murcia, Murcia, Spain.

Published: August 2022

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