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Comment
. 2018 Aug;46(8):1370-1371.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000003229.

Making the Medicine Go Down: Salt or Sugar?

Ryan M Brown  1 , Joanna L Stollings, Matthew W Semler
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Making the Medicine Go Down: Salt or Sugar?

Ryan M Brown et al. Crit Care Med. 2018 Aug.
No abstract available

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Conflicts of Interest: All authors reported no potential conflicts of interest.

Dr. Brown disclosed that he does not have any potential conflicts of interest.

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