Pro-con debate: We should not measure cardiac output in critical care

Media, War and Conflict

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-12

  Morris, Craig G ^a   Pearse, Rupert M ^b  

^a DERBY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84916201902     PISSN: 17506352     EISSN: 17506360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/175114370901000104     Document Type: Review

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