Addition of vasopressin to norepinephrine as independent predictor of mortality in patients with refractory septic shock: an observational study.

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Published in Surg Infect (Larchmt) on April 01, 2007

Authors

Scott T Micek1, Poorvi Shah, James M Hollands, Rina A Shah, William D Shannon, Marin H Kollef

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1: Department of Pharmacy, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St Louis, MO, USA.

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