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01-04-2010 | Review

Cerebral perfusion in sepsis

Authors: Christoph S Burkhart, Martin Siegemund, Luzius A Steiner

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 2/2010

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This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2010 (Springer Verlag) and co-published as a series in Critical Care. Other articles in the series can be found online at http://ccforum.com/series/yearbook. Further information about the Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from http://www.springer.com/series/2855

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Title: Cerebral perfusion in sepsis
Authors: Christoph S Burkhart
Martin Siegemund
Luzius A Steiner
Publication date: 01-04-2010
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue 2/2010
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/cc8856

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Cerebral perfusion in sepsis

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