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01-11-2014 | Editorial

Echography is mandatory for the initial management of critically ill patients: We are not sure

Authors: Paul H. Mayo, Eric Maury

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 11/2014

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We have been assigned the “we do not know” position regarding the statement “Echography is mandatory for the initial management of the critically ill patient.” …

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Title: Echography is mandatory for the initial management of critically ill patients: We are not sure
Authors: Paul H. Mayo
Eric Maury
Publication date: 01-11-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 11/2014
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-014-3460-z

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