Less Is More for Steroids in Severe Sepsis and Oxygen for the Critically Ill, but Maybe Not When Searching for Pulmonary Embolism in Syncope

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Mirjam Kop et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017.

. 2017 Dec 1;196(11):1473-1475.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.201701-0245RR.

¹ Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Free University (VU) Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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