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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 4/2006

01-04-2006 | Correspondence

Hypoglycaemia? So what!

Authors: Iain Mackenzie, Susan Ingle, Suhail Zaidi, Simon Buczaski

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 4/2006

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Sir: Thank you for the opportunity to respond to Dr. Schultz and colleagues, who raise some very interesting points. …
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Metadata
Title
Hypoglycaemia? So what!
Authors
Iain Mackenzie
Susan Ingle
Suhail Zaidi
Simon Buczaski
Publication date
01-04-2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 4/2006
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-006-0100-2

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