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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 11/2013

01-11-2013 | Correspondence

An urgent plea: give the use of prolonged propofol infusion a second thought

Authors: Patrick Van de Voorde, Arnaud Van Lander, Kirsten Colpaert, Ann Verrijckt, Evelyn Dhont, Annick De Jaeger

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 11/2013

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Dear Editor, …
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Title
An urgent plea: give the use of prolonged propofol infusion a second thought
Authors
Patrick Van de Voorde
Arnaud Van Lander
Kirsten Colpaert
Ann Verrijckt
Evelyn Dhont
Annick De Jaeger
Publication date
01-11-2013
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 11/2013
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-013-3058-x

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