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Editorial
. 2017 May;45(5):908-910.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000002383.

The Decision to Transfuse: One Size Might Not Fit All

Christopher Stowell  1 , Elliott Bennett-Guerrero
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Editorial

The Decision to Transfuse: One Size Might Not Fit All

Christopher Stowell et al. Crit Care Med. 2017 May.
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