Document Type : Letter to the Editor

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1 Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3 School of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

4 Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Division of Critical Care Medicine, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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