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Pankaj Kundra1, Shreya Goswami2

  • 1Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
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Endothelial glycocalyxStarling equationfluid homeostasisintravenous fluid therapy

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