Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages vii-x , June 2009

Infusion therapy in anaesthesia and intensive care: Let's stop talking about ‘wet’ and ‘dry’!

  • Martin Westphal (MD, PhD, Professor of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Head of the Research Group “Sepsis and Multiple Organ Failure”)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital of Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Str. 33, Muenster 48149, Germany.
  • Hugo Van Aken, MD, PhD, FRCA, FANZCA (Professor of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care and Chair)
  • Berthold Bein, MD, DEAA (Associate Professor of Anaesthesiology and Vice Chair)

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PII: S1521-6896(09)00028-7

doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2009.04.001

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages vii-x , June 2009

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