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Thiamine (Vitamin B1)

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Thiamine is considered not just as a vitamin, but also as a drug: for anaesthesia, analgesia and intensive care.

Just a vitamin? No, it’s also used as a drug in anaesthesia, analgesia and intensive care. It’s a natural medicine.

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Alemanno, F. (2020). Thiamine (Vitamin B1). In: Alemanno, F. (eds) Biochemistry for Anesthesiologists and Intensivists. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26721-6_12

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