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. 1999 Mar;229(3):444–445. doi: 10.1097/00000658-199903000-00026

Routine use of prophylactic renal-dose dopamine in surgical patients is not supported by the literature.

H Belzberg, A I Rivkind
PMCID: PMC1191718  PMID: 10077061

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Selected References

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