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The Patient with Severe Co-morbidities: Renal Failure

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Disque, A., Meltzer, J. (2018). The Patient with Severe Co-morbidities: Renal Failure. In: Wagener, G. (eds) Liver Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64298-7_22

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