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World Journal of Surgery
Published in: World Journal of Surgery 10/2004

01-10-2004 | Invited Commentary

Invited Commentary

Author: Moshe Schein, M.D.

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 10/2004

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Excerpt

Fluids given intravenously bypass all the defenses set up by the body to protect itself against excess of any constituent, against bacterial entry ... they give the patient what the surgeon thinks his tissues need and what they are damned well going to get.
—William Heneage Ogilvie, 1887–1971
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Metadata
Title
Invited Commentary
Author
Moshe Schein, M.D.
Publication date
01-10-2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
World Journal of Surgery / Issue 10/2004
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-004-1047-5

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