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The Great Fluid Debate Revisited
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Title The Great Fluid Debate Revisited
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/572584?src=rss
Description Although crystalloids are less expensive than colloids, their use is associated with physiologic derangements and greater inflammatory response for which the clinical significance is unknown.
Medscape Critical Care
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date Apr 8, 2008
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