Medicine versus surgery/anesthesiology intensivists: A retrospective review and comparison of outcomes in a mixed medical-surgical-trauma ICU

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 275-279

  Lee, James ^a   Iqbal, Sameena ^a   Gursahaney, Ash ^a   Nouh, Thamer ^a   Khwaja, Kosar ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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EID: 84881412373     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.005412     Document Type: Article

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