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Characteristics of patients admitted to the intensive care unit following self-poisoning and their impact on resource utilisation

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  1. Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, RCSI Smurfit, Beaumont, Dublin 9, Ireland

    F. Kiernan

  2. Department of Radiology, St George’s University Hospital, London, UK

    F. Rahman

  3. HSCIC, London, UK

    F. Rahman

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Kiernan, F., Rahman, F. Characteristics of patients admitted to the intensive care unit following self-poisoning and their impact on resource utilisation. Ir J Med Sci 183, 689–690 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-014-1197-x

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