A plea for balanced reporting

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Mervyn Singer. Crit Care. 2010.

. 2010;14(2):414.

doi: 10.1186/cc8942. Epub 2010 Apr 20.

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Goal-directed intraoperative therapy based on autocalibrated arterial pressure waveform analysis reduces hospital stay in high-risk surgical patients: a randomized, controlled trial.
Mayer J, Boldt J, Mengistu AM, Röhm KD, Suttner S. Mayer J, et al. Crit Care. 2010;14(1):R18. doi: 10.1186/cc8875. Epub 2010 Feb 15. Crit Care. 2010. PMID: 20156348 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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