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Transcranial sonography: practical use in the intensive care unit

Aleksandra Baska
1
,
Krystian Sporysz-Janiec
1
,
Monika Figura
2
,
Paweł Andruszkiewicz
1
,
Mateusz Zawadka
1

  1. 2nd Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
  2. Department of Neurology, Faculty of Health Science, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Anaesthesiol Intensive Ther 2024; 56, 5: 267–276
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ait.2024.146640
Online publish date: 2025/01/17
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