Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 411-420 , December 2009

Clinical benefits of tight glycaemic control: Focus on the perioperative setting

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2009.10.001

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 411-420 , December 2009

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