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Does immunonutrition in patients with sepsis do more harm than good?

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  1. Kingston General Hospital, 76 Stuart Street, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 2V7, Canada

    Daren K. Heyland

  2. Queen's University, Kingston , Ontario, Canada

    Andrew Samis

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Heyland, D.K., Samis, A. Does immunonutrition in patients with sepsis do more harm than good?. Intensive Care Med 29, 669–671 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-003-1710-6

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