Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 179-182 , April 2009

The long-stay ICU patient

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doi: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2009.01.020

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 179-182 , April 2009

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