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Non-cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema and Life-Threatening Shock Due to Calcium Channel Blocker Overdose: A Case Report and Clinical Review

Tauseef Afaq Siddiqi, Jennifer Hill, Yvonne Huckleberry and Sairam Parthasarathy
Respiratory Care February 2014, 59 (2) e15-e21; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.02244

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