Intensive Care Unit-acquired infection as a side effect of sedation.

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Published in Crit Care on March 15, 2010

Authors

Saad Nseir1, Demosthenes Makris, Daniel Mathieu, Alain Durocher, Charles-Hugo Marquette

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1: Intensive Care Unit, Calmette Hospital, University Hospital of Lille, boulevard du Pr Leclercq, Lille cedex, France. s-nseir@chru-lille.fr

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