Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 119-123 , March 2009

Management of acute renal failure in the intensive care unit

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doi: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2008.12.008

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 119-123 , March 2009

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