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Editorial
. 2023 Nov 1;51(11):1600-1602.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006024. Epub 2023 Oct 12.

ICU Analgesia and Sedation: Is It Time to Change Our Practice?

Loreta Grecu  1
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ICU Analgesia and Sedation: Is It Time to Change Our Practice?

Loreta Grecu. Crit Care Med. .
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