Impact of Alteration of Iron Homeostasis in ICU Patients

Nicolas Libert1, Anatole Harrois, Jacques Duranteau

  • 1Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Percy, Clamart, France; and Laboratoire d'Etude de la Microcirculation, BioCANVAS: Biomarqueurs CArdiaNeuroVAScularies, UMRS 942, Paris, France Assistance Publique des Hopitaux de Paris, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Sud, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; and Laboratoire d'Etude de la Microcirculation, BioCANVAS: Biomarqueurs CArdiaNeuroVAScularies, UMRS 942, Paris, France.

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