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Dyskalemia and cerebral insult: therapeutic barbiturate coma, endogenous catecholamine release or both?

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Jaffres, P., Broux, C., Falcon, D. et al. Dyskalemia and cerebral insult: therapeutic barbiturate coma, endogenous catecholamine release or both?. Intensive Care Med 30, 1694 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-004-2304-7

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