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Published in: Critical Care 1/2015

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Letter

Fluid bolus therapy is a medical therapy or a diagnostic method?

Authors: Huaiwu He, Dawei Liu

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2015

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We read with interest the recently published article about the physiological changes after fluid bolus therapy (FBT) in Critical Care by Glassford et al. [1]. We are concerned about the concept of FBT in this study. …
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Metadata
Title
Fluid bolus therapy is a medical therapy or a diagnostic method?
Authors
Huaiwu He
Dawei Liu
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-015-1078-3

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