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The impact of delirium in the intensive care unit on hospital length of stay

✍ Scribed by E. Ely; S. Gautam; R. Margolin; J. Francis; L. May; T. Speroff; B. Truman; R. Dittus; G. Bernard; S. Inouye


Publisher
Springer
Year
2001
Tongue
English
Weight
97 KB
Volume
27
Category
Article
ISSN
1432-1238

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