Palliative care in the ICU: relief of pain, dyspnea, and thirst—A report from the IPAL-ICU Advisory Board

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  2014

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  Intensive Care Medicine

• Publication date

  2014-02-01

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  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1007/s00134-013-3153-zPMID 24275901PMCID PMC5428539
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