Blood Reviews
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 17-25 , January 2010

Intensify, resuscitate or palliate: Decision making in the critically ill patient with haematological malignancy

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PII: S0268-960X(09)00064-2

doi: 10.1016/j.blre.2009.10.002

Blood Reviews
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 17-25 , January 2010

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