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Chapter 8 - Electrolyte and Renal Disorders in the Critically Ill Elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 October 2018

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David S. Geller  and
Susan T. Crowley
Edited by
Shamsuddin Akhtar  and
Stanley Rosenbaum
Shamsuddin Akhtar
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Yale University School of Medicine
Stanley Rosenbaum
Affiliation:
Yale University School of Medicine
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Principles of Geriatric Critical Care , pp. 114 - 125
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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