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Vitamin D, Hospital-Acquired Infections and Mortality in Critically Ill Patients: Emerging Evidence

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Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2017

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  1. Department of Intensive Care and Anesthesiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Agostino Gemelli Hospital, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168, Rome, Italy

    G. De Pascale & M. Antonelli

  2. Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    S. A. Quraishi

  3. Department of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

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De Pascale, G., Antonelli, M., Quraishi, S.A. (2017). Vitamin D, Hospital-Acquired Infections and Mortality in Critically Ill Patients: Emerging Evidence. In: Vincent, JL. (eds) Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2017. Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51908-1_15

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