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Setar L, Lee JG, Sanchez-Pinto LN, Coates BM. Accuracy and Interpretation of Transcutaneous Carbon Dioxide Monitoring in Critically Ill Children. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2024;25(9):e372-e379. (In eng). DOI: 10.1097/pcc.0000000000003564.

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Humphreys S, Schibler A, von Ungern-Sternberg BS. Carbon dioxide monitoring in children-A narrative review of physiology, value, and pitfalls in clinical practice. Paediatric anaesthesia 2021;31(8):839-845. (In eng). DOI: 10.1111/pan.14208.

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