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Transfuse or not transfuse in acute renal failure? This is the question

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  1. Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany

    Michael Oppert & Achim Jörres

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Oppert, M., Jörres, A. Transfuse or not transfuse in acute renal failure? This is the question. Intensive Care Med 31, 1469–1470 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-005-2738-6

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