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Research Article

ICU care for patients with gastrointestinal bleeding: impact on cost and outcome

M. J. Hampers Section of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology,Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
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S. D. Surgenor Section of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology,Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
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K. Spanjian Section of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology,Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
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T. Clerico Section of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology,Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
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H. L. Corwin Section of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology,Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
Pages 109-113 | Published online: 04 Dec 2011

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