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Review
. 2007;11(4):225.
doi: 10.1186/cc5978.

Year in review 2006: Critical Care--Cardiology

Nawaf Al-Subaie  1 , David Bennett
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Review

Year in review 2006: Critical Care--Cardiology

Nawaf Al-Subaie et al. Crit Care. 2007.

Abstract

This review summarizes key research papers published in the fields of cardiology and intensive care during 2006 in Critical Care and, where relevant, in other journals within the field. The papers have been grouped into categories: haemodynamic monitoring, vascular access in intensive care, microvascular assessment and manipulation, and impact of metabolic acidosis on outcome.

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