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01-12-2015 | Review

β-blockers in critically ill patients: from physiology to clinical evidence

Authors: Silvia Coppola, Sara Froio, Davide Chiumello

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2015

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This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2015 and co-published as a series in Critical Care. Other articles in the series can be found online at http://ccforum.com/series/annualupdate2015. Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from http://www.springer.com/series/8901.

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Title: β-blockers in critically ill patients: from physiology to clinical evidence
Authors: Silvia Coppola
Sara Froio
Davide Chiumello
Publication date: 01-12-2015
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-015-0803-2

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