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Adult nursing: Systematic review and meta-analysis: Preoperative physical therapy reduces risk of postoperative atelectasis and pneumonia in people undergoing elective cardiac surgery

Elisabeth Westerdahl,
Arne Tenling

Evid Based Nurs ebnurs-2012-101199Published Online First: 6 March 2013 doi:10.1136/eb-2012-101199

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