**Summary** This prospective observational study was conducted to assess the current transfusion practice in critically ill patients. One thousand two hundred and fortyβseven consecutive critically ill patients admitted between February 1999 and October 1999 were included in the study. Overall 666 (
Use of some pre-, pro- and synbiotics in critically ill patients
β Scribed by Stig Bengmark
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 141 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1521-6918
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