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Cardiac Arrhythmias in a Septic ICU Population: A Review Cover

Cardiac Arrhythmias in a Septic ICU Population: A Review

The Journal of Critical Care Medicine
Volume 1 (2015): Issue 4 (October 2015)
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|Nov 2015
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jccm-2015-0027 | Journal eISSN: 2393-1817 | Journal ISSN: 2393-1809
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Language: English
Page range: 140 - 146
Submitted on: Jun 17, 2015
Accepted on: Sep 15, 2015
Published online: Nov 10, 2015
Published in print: Oct 1, 2015
Published by: University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
cardiac arrhythmias,
new-onset atrial fibrillation,
sepsis,
septic shock
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Internal medicine,
Internal medicine, other,
Surgery,
Surgery, other,
Anaesthesiology,
Emergency medicine and intensive-care medicine

© 2015 Andrei Schwartz, Evgeni Brotfain, Leonid Koyfman, Moti Klein, published by University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures
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