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Intravascular volume therapy in adults: Guidelines from the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in

Gernot Marx1, Achim W Schindler, Christoph Mosch

  • 1From the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Medical Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz (JA); Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena (MB); Institute for Research in Operative Medicine, Witten/Herdecke University, Cologne (ME); Institute of Nursing Science and Practice, Paracelsus Private Medical University, Salzburg, Austria (IG); Department of Internal Medicine, Neurology and Dermatology, Leipzig University Hospital, Leibzig (CH); Department of Cardiology, St Antonius Hospital, Eschweiler (UJ); Centre for Intensive Care Medicine, Universitätsklinikum, Hamburg-Eppendorf (SK); Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg (PK); Department of Intensive and Intermediate Care Medicine, University Hospital of RWTH Aachen, Aachen (GM); Urological Unit and Outpatient Clinic, University Hospital rechts der Isar, Munich (TM); Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Bonn University Hospital, Bonn (WM); Institute for Research in Operative Medicine (IFOM), Witten/Herdecke University, Cologne (CM, EN); Department of Anaesthesiology, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Göttingen (MQ); Department of Intensive and Intermediate Care Medicine, University Hospital of RWTH Aachen, Aachen (AWS); Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Münster University Hospital, Münster (NS); Department of Health Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum (HJT); Department of Trauma Surgery, Essen University Hospital, Essen (CW); Department of General Surgery, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg (RW); and Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany (KZ).

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