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Editorial
. 2013 Sep;39(9):1653-5.
doi: 10.1007/s00134-013-2998-5. Epub 2013 Jun 29.

Resuscitation of patients with septic shock: please "mind the gap"!

B Vallet, M R Pinsky, M Cecconi
Editorial

Resuscitation of patients with septic shock: please "mind the gap"!

B Vallet et al. Intensive Care Med. 2013 Sep.
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The ScvO2-cvaCO2gap-guided protocol. ScvO 2 venous central O2 saturation, cvCO 2 gap central venous-to-arterial pCO2 difference, SaO 2 arterial O2 saturation, CI cardiac index, SVV stroke volume variability, PPV pulse pressure variability
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