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Re-framing the question: Should hydroxyethyl starch be used in clinical practice?
Ryan Zarychanski1, Alexis F Turgeon2
1Sections of Critical Care and of Hematology/Medical Oncology, Rady College of Medicine, Lyonel G Israels Professor of Hematology, University of Manitoba, ON2051-675 McDermot Ave., Winnipeg, MB, R3E 0V9, Canada. rzarychanski@cancercare.mb.ca.
Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia = Journal Canadien D'Anesthesie
|November 9, 2018
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