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Critical care provides constant challenges to the practitioner whose attempt to remain up to date is made more difficult by the breadth and amount of new information available. This critical care symposium aptly captured bench-to-bedside areas of interesting new basic research, reviewed clinical trials with potential practical impact on day-to-day practice, and revisited older scientific questions (such as steroids in sepsis) which are now being re-evaluated in a new light.
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Skrobik, Y., Kavanagh, B., Mazer, D. et al. Special Article Toronto critical care medicine symposium report. Can J Anesth 49, 513–516 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03017933
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