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Comment
. 2018 Apr;44(4):478-481.
doi: 10.1007/s00134-017-4967-x. Epub 2017 Oct 25.

Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids in community-acquired pneumonia

Antoni Torres  1   2   3 , Miquel Ferrer  4   5   6 , Michael S Niederman  7
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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids in community-acquired pneumonia

Antoni Torres et al. Intensive Care Med. 2018 Apr.
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