Causes of death and determinants of outcome in critically ill patients.

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Published in Crit Care on January 01, 2006

Authors

Viktoria D Mayr1, Martin W Dünser, Veronika Greil, Stefan Jochberger, Günter Luckner, Hanno Ulmer, Barbara E Friesenecker, Jukka Takala, Walter R Hasibeder

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. viktoria.mayr@uibk.ac.at

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