Beta-blockers in patients with septic shock: plenty of promise, but no hard evidence yet

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Won-Young Kim et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Sep.

. 2016 Sep;8(9):E1041-E1043.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.08.52.

¹ Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

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The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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