Emergency management of sepsis: The simple stuff saves lives

British Columbia Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 176-182

  Sweet, David ^a   Marsden, Julian ^a   Ho, Kendall ^b   Krause, Christina ^a   Russell, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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EID: 84862654436     PISSN: 00070556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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