Increased mortality among hypertensive COVID-19 patients: Pay a closer look on diuretics in mechanically ventilated patients

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¹ Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Larissa, University of Thessaly, Faculty of Medicine, Larissa, Greece. Electronic address: vasotsolaki@yahoo.com.
² Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Larissa, University of Thessaly, Faculty of Medicine, Larissa, Greece.

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Vasiliki Tsolaki et al. Heart Lung. 2020 Nov-Dec.

. 2020 Nov-Dec;49(6):894-895.

doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2020.06.009. Epub 2020 Jun 23.

¹ Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Larissa, University of Thessaly, Faculty of Medicine, Larissa, Greece. Electronic address: vasotsolaki@yahoo.com.
² Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Larissa, University of Thessaly, Faculty of Medicine, Larissa, Greece.

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