Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 12-15 , January 2010

Use of sedatives in the critically ill

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PII: S1472-0299(09)00263-X

doi: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2009.10.007

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 12-15 , January 2010

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