The impact of a "low-intensity" versus "high-intensity" medical intensive care unit on patient outcomes in critically ill veterans.

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Published in J Intensive Care Med on July 01, 2010

Authors

Jonathan P Singer1, Jeffrey Kohlwes, Stephen Bent, Leslie Zimmerman, Mark D Eisner

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, UC San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. jon.singer@ucsf.edu

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