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Goal-directed therapy in the emergency department of patients with severe sepsis and septic shock

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Jonathan Davidow
Affiliation:
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
Michael J. Bullard*
Affiliation:
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
*
University of Alberta Hospital, 8440 — 112 St., Edmonton AB T6G 2B7; fax 780 407-3314; michael.bullard@ualberta.ca

Abstract

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Type
CJEM Journal Club • Club de Lecture JCMU
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2002

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