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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 3/2009

01-03-2009 | Correspondence

Letter to Tuon et al.

Author: David A. Kaufman

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 3/2009

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Excerpt

I congratulate Tuon et al. authors of “Time-dependent behavioral recovery after sepsis in rats,” on their intriguing results [1]. Completing long-term, complex follow up testing in rats is impressive. More impressive is the application of methods from the behavioral sciences to a clinically important question in intensive care—what factors may contribute to long-term cognitive sequelae? One important factor, however, appears to have been unexplored. …
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Metadata
Title
Letter to Tuon et al.
Author
David A. Kaufman
Publication date
01-03-2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 3/2009
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-008-1369-0

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