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Vol. 89. Issue 5.
Pages 424-425 (September - October 2013)
Vol. 89. Issue 5.
Pages 424-425 (September - October 2013)
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“Less is More”: Decreasing Antibiotic Days in the NICU
“Menos é mais”: diminuindo os dias de antibiótico na UTIN
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David Kaufman
Médico, Professor de Pediatria, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, EUA
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Maria Cristina F. Guedes Pinto, Arnaldo C. Bueno, Alan A. Vieira
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