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Burn Patients and Blood Product Transfusion Practice: Time for a Consensus?

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    A. Holley & A. Cook

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    J. Lipman

  3. Burns, Trauma and Critical Care Research Centre, The University of Queensland, QLD 4029, Herston, Australia

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Holley, A., Cook, A., Lipman, J. (2017). Burn Patients and Blood Product Transfusion Practice: Time for a Consensus?. 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_29

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