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New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 358, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 2074-2075

  Brunkhorst, Frank M ^a   Reinhart, Konrad ^a   Engel, Christoph ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ANESTHESIA; DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MORTALITY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; STROKE;

EID: 43249102101     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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