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Review Article| Volume 26, ISSUE 4, P679-688, October 2010

Pharmacotherapy in the Critically Ill Obese Patient

  • Charles J. Medico
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    Corresponding author. System Therapeutics, Geisinger Medical Center, 100 North Academy Avenue, Danville, PA 17822.
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    Division of System Therapeutics and Critical Care Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, 100 North Academy Avenue, Danville, PA 17822, USA

    Department of Pharmacy Practice, Wilkes University Nesbitt College of Pharmacy and Nursing, 84 West South Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766, USA
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  • Patrick Walsh
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    Division of Critical Care Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, 100 North Academy Avenue, Danville, PA 17822, USA

    Departments of Medicine and Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine, 3400 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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