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Adherence to surviving sepsis guidelines among pediatric intensivists

A national survey

Farah C. Thabet, Jihad N. Zahraa and May S. Chehab
Saudi Medical Journal June 2017, 38 (6) 609-615; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.6.17737

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