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Comment
. 2010;14(5):443.
doi: 10.1186/cc9255. Epub 2010 Oct 6.

Withholding selective decontamination of the digestive tract from critically ill patients must now surely be ethically questionable given the vast evidence base

Durk F Zandstra, Andy J Petros, Nia Taylor, Luciano Silvestri, Miguel A de la Cal, Hendrick K F van Saene
Comment

Withholding selective decontamination of the digestive tract from critically ill patients must now surely be ethically questionable given the vast evidence base

Durk F Zandstra et al. Crit Care. 2010.
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