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Comparison of different methods for measurement of electrolytes in patients admitted to the intensive care unit

Sinan Yılmaz, Hilal B. Uysal, Mücahit Avcil, Mustafa Yılmaz, Bekir Dağlı, Murat Bakış and Imran K. Ömürlü
Saudi Medical Journal March 2016, 37 (3) 262-267; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.3.13539
Sinan Yılmaz
From the Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (Yılmaz S, Bakış), the Department of Internal Medicine (Uysal), the Department of Emergency (Avcil, Dağlı), the Department of Biochemistry (Yılmaz M), the Department of Biostatistics (Ömürlü), Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydin, Turkey
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Hilal B. Uysal
From the Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (Yılmaz S, Bakış), the Department of Internal Medicine (Uysal), the Department of Emergency (Avcil, Dağlı), the Department of Biochemistry (Yılmaz M), the Department of Biostatistics (Ömürlü), Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydin, Turkey
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Mücahit Avcil
From the Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (Yılmaz S, Bakış), the Department of Internal Medicine (Uysal), the Department of Emergency (Avcil, Dağlı), the Department of Biochemistry (Yılmaz M), the Department of Biostatistics (Ömürlü), Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydin, Turkey
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Mustafa Yılmaz
From the Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (Yılmaz S, Bakış), the Department of Internal Medicine (Uysal), the Department of Emergency (Avcil, Dağlı), the Department of Biochemistry (Yılmaz M), the Department of Biostatistics (Ömürlü), Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydin, Turkey
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Bekir Dağlı
From the Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (Yılmaz S, Bakış), the Department of Internal Medicine (Uysal), the Department of Emergency (Avcil, Dağlı), the Department of Biochemistry (Yılmaz M), the Department of Biostatistics (Ömürlü), Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydin, Turkey
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Murat Bakış
From the Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (Yılmaz S, Bakış), the Department of Internal Medicine (Uysal), the Department of Emergency (Avcil, Dağlı), the Department of Biochemistry (Yılmaz M), the Department of Biostatistics (Ömürlü), Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydin, Turkey
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Imran K. Ömürlü
From the Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (Yılmaz S, Bakış), the Department of Internal Medicine (Uysal), the Department of Emergency (Avcil, Dağlı), the Department of Biochemistry (Yılmaz M), the Department of Biostatistics (Ömürlü), Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydin, Turkey
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Saudi Medical Journal Mar 2016, 37 (3) 262-267; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2016.3.13539

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Saudi Medical Journal Mar 2016, 37 (3) 262-267; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2016.3.13539
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