Study: Drug Shortage Associated with Sepsis Deaths
- ICU
- 21/03/2017
Patients with septic shock admitted to hospitals affected by the 2011 shortage of the drug norepinephrine had a higher risk of in-hospital death,...
READ MOREPatients with septic shock admitted to hospitals affected by the 2011 shortage of the drug norepinephrine had a higher risk of in-hospital death,...
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