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Less is more: catecholamine-sparing strategies in septic shock

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Acknowledgements

Prof. Venkatesh is supported by an NHMRC-Medical Research Future Fund Practitioner Fellowship. This work was also supported by an NHMRC grant APP1161182.

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  1. The Wesley Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    Balasubramanian Venkatesh & Jeremy Cohen

  2. Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia

    Balasubramanian Venkatesh

  3. University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

    Balasubramanian Venkatesh & Jeremy Cohen

  4. University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

    Balasubramanian Venkatesh

  5. The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Balasubramanian Venkatesh & Jeremy Cohen

  6. Department of Anesthesiology, Section On Critical Care Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA

    Ashish K. Khanna

  7. The Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Herston, Australia

    Jeremy Cohen

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Venkatesh, B., Khanna, A.K. & Cohen, J. Less is more: catecholamine-sparing strategies in septic shock. Intensive Care Med 45, 1810–1812 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-019-05770-3

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