Lactate: the Black Peter in high-risk gastrointestinal surgery patients

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Patrick M Honore et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Jun.

. 2016 Jun;8(6):E440-2.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.03.80.

¹ ICU Department, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.

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