Sequential organ failure assessment score as prognostic marker in critically ill patients in a tertiary care intensive care unit
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Medicine and Public Health
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2230-8598
DOI: 10.4103/2230-8598.118956