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N-acetylcysteine decreases lactate signal intensities in liver tissue and improves liver function in septic shock patients, as shown by magnetic resonance spectroscopy: extended case report

Ortrud V Hein1, Renate Öhring2, Andreas Schilling2, Michael Oellerich3, Victor W Armstrong3, Wolfgang J Kox1 and Claudia Spies1*

1 Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Charité, Campus Mitte, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany

2 Department of Neurology, Benjamin Franklin Medical Center, Free University Berlin, Germany

3 Department of Clinical Chemistry, Georg-August University Göttingen, Germany

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Critical Care 2004, 8:R66-R71 doi:


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Published: 22 January 2004

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