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  1. Current critical care prognostic models are predominantly developed in high-income countries (HICs) and may not be feasible in intensive care units (ICUs) in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Existin...

    Authors: Rashan Haniffa, Mavuto Mukaka, Sithum Bandara Munasinghe, Ambepitiyawaduge Pubudu De Silva, Kosala Saroj Amarasiri Jayasinghe, Abi Beane, Nicolette de Keizer and Arjen M. Dondorp
    Citation: Critical Care 2017 21:250
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    The Letter to this article has been published in Critical Care 2018 22:2

  2. Hemodynamic instability related to renal replacement therapy (HIRRT) may increase the risk of death and limit renal recovery. Studies in end-stage renal disease populations on maintenance hemodialysis suggest ...

    Authors: Adrianna Douvris, Gurpreet Malhi, Swapnil Hiremath, Lauralyn McIntyre, Samuel A. Silver, Sean M. Bagshaw, Ron Wald, Claudio Ronco, Lindsey Sikora, Catherine Weber and Edward G. Clark
    Citation: Critical Care 2018 22:41
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  3. This study aimed to assess the combined performance of serum (1,3)-β-d-glucan (BDG) and procalcitonin (PCT) for the differential diagnosis between candidaemia and bacteraemia in three intensive care units (ICUs) ...

    Authors: Daniele Roberto Giacobbe, Malgorzata Mikulska, Mario Tumbarello, Elisa Furfaro, Marzia Spadaro, Angela Raffaella Losito, Alessio Mesini, Gennaro De Pascale, Anna Marchese, Marco Bruzzone, Paolo Pelosi, Michele Mussap, Alexandre Molin, Massimo Antonelli, Brunella Posteraro, Maurizio Sanguinetti…
    Citation: Critical Care 2017 21:176
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    The Letter to this article has been published in Critical Care 2018 22:125

  5. Predicting fluid responsiveness may help to avoid unnecessary fluid administration during acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of the fol...

    Authors: Hodane Yonis, Laurent Bitker, Mylène Aublanc, Sophie Perinel Ragey, Zakaria Riad, Floriane Lissonde, Aurore Louf-Durier, Sophie Debord, Florent Gobert, Romain Tapponnier, Claude Guérin and Jean-Christophe Richard
    Citation: Critical Care 2017 21:295
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  6. It is uncertain whether liberal glucose control in critically ill diabetic patients leads to increased ketone production and ketoacidosis. Therefore, we aimed to assess the prevalence of ketosis, ketonuria and...

    Authors: Nora Luethi, Luca Cioccari, Marco Crisman, Rinaldo Bellomo, Glenn M. Eastwood and Johan Mårtensson
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:297
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  7. Underfeeding in critical illness is common and associated with poor outcomes. According to large prospective hospital studies, volume-based feeding (VBF) safely and effectively improves energy and protein deli...

    Authors: Sue Brierley-Hobson, Graham Clarke and Vincent O’Keeffe
    Citation: Critical Care 2019 23:105
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  8. Point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) is a useful imaging technique for the emergency medicine (EM) physician. Because of its growing use in EM, this article will summarize the historical development, the scop...

    Authors: Micah R. Whitson and Paul H. Mayo
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:227
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  9. There is increasing interest in the timely administration of concentrated sources of fibrinogen to patients with major traumatic bleeding. Following evaluation of early cryoprecipitate in the CRYOSTAT 1 trial,...

    Authors: Nicola Curry, Claire Foley, Henna Wong, Ana Mora, Elinor Curnow, Agne Zarankaite, Renate Hodge, Valerie Hopkins, Alison Deary, James Ray, Phil Moss, Matthew J. Reed, Suzanne Kellett, Ross Davenport and Simon Stanworth
    Citation: Critical Care 2018 22:164
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  10. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection is associated with high mortality rates but limited clinical data have been reported. We describe the clinical features and outcomes of patients admitted ...

    Authors: Ghaleb A. Almekhlafi, Mohammed M. Albarrak, Yasser Mandourah, Sahar Hassan, Abid Alwan, Abdullah Abudayah, Sultan Altayyar, Mohamed Mustafa, Tareef Aldaghestani, Adnan Alghamedi, Ali Talag, Muhammad K. Malik, Ali S. Omrani and Yasser Sakr
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:123
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  11. Admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) outside daytime hours has been shown to be variably associated with increased morbidity and mortality. We aimed to describe the characteristics and outcomes of patien...

    Authors: Adam M. Hall, Henry T. Stelfox, Xioaming Wang, Guanmin Chen, Danny J. Zuege, Peter Dodek, Allan Garland, Damon C. Scales, Luc Berthiaume, David A. Zygun and Sean M. Bagshaw
    Citation: Critical Care 2018 22:97
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  12. There is evidence to demonstrate that the coagulopathy which occurs in patients with traumatic brain injury coincides with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). We hypothesized that DIC with increased ...

    Authors: Takeshi Wada, Satoshi Gando, Kunihiko Maekaw, Kenichi Katabami, Hisako Sageshima, Mineji Hayakawa and Atsushi Sawamura
    Citation: Critical Care 2017 21:219
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  13. Right ventricle (RV) size and function assessment by echocardiography (echo) is a standard tool in the ICU. Frequently subjective assessment is performed, and guidelines suggest its utility in adequately train...

    Authors: Sam Orde, Michel Slama, Konstantin Yastrebov, Anthony Mclean and Stephen Huang
    Citation: Critical Care 2019 23:70
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  16. Goal-directed hemodynamic therapy (GDHT) has been used in the clinical setting for years. However, the evidence for the beneficial effect of GDHT on postoperative recovery remains inconsistent. The aim of this...

    Authors: Yanxia Sun, Fang Chai, Chuxiong Pan, Jamie Lee Romeiser and Tong J. Gan
    Citation: Critical Care 2017 21:141
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  17. Antibiotic exposure alters the microbiota, which can impact the inflammatory immune responses. Critically ill patients frequently receive antibiotic treatment and are often subjected to mechanical ventilation,...

    Authors: Sandra-Maria Wienhold, Mario Macrì, Geraldine Nouailles, Kristina Dietert, Corinne Gurtner, Achim D Gruber, Markus M Heimesaat, Jasmin Lienau, Fabian Schumacher, Burkhard Kleuser, Bastian Opitz, Norbert Suttorp, Martin Witzenrath and Holger C Müller-Redetzky
    Citation: Critical Care 2018 22:282
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  18. Lung-protective ventilation strategy suggests the use of low tidal volume, depending on ideal body weight, and adequate levels of PEEP. However, reducing tidal volume according to ideal body weight does not al...

    Authors: Davide Chiumello, Eleonora Carlesso, Matteo Brioni and Massimo Cressoni
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:276
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  19. The rapid development in big data analytics and the data-rich environment of intensive care units together provide unprecedented opportunities for medical breakthroughs in the field of critical care. We develo...

    Authors: Soo Yeon Kim, Saehoon Kim, Joongbum Cho, Young Suh Kim, In Suk Sol, Youngchul Sung, Inhyeok Cho, Minseop Park, Haerin Jang, Yoon Hee Kim, Kyung Won Kim and Myung Hyun Sohn
    Citation: Critical Care 2019 23:279
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  20. The aim of this study was to explore the performance and outcomes for intravascular (IC) versus surface cooling devices (SFC) for targeted temperature management (TTM) after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

    Authors: Chiara De Fazio, Markus B. Skrifvars, Eldar Søreide, Jacques Creteur, Anders M. Grejs, Jesper Kjærgaard, Timo Laitio, Jens Nee, Hans Kirkegaard and Fabio Silvio Taccone
    Citation: Critical Care 2019 23:61
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  22. To propose a combination of blood biomarkers for the prediction of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and for the selection of traumatic brain-injured (TBI) patients eligible for corticosteroid therapy for the ...

    Authors: Marwan Bouras, Antoine Roquilly, Pierre-Joachim Mahé, Raphaël Cinotti, Mickaël Vourc’h, Bastien Perrot, Kalyane Bach-Ngohou, Damien Masson and Karim Asehnoune
    Citation: Critical Care 2019 23:394
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    The Letter to this article has been published in Critical Care 2020 24:77

  23. Weaning-induced cardiac pulmonary edema (WiPO) is one of the main mechanisms of weaning failure during mechanical ventilation. We hypothesized that weaning-induced cardiac ischemia (WiCI) may contribute to wea...

    Authors: Alexandre Bedet, Françoise Tomberli, Gwenael Prat, Pierre Bailly, Achille Kouatchet, Sater Mortaza, Emmanuel Vivier, Sylvene Rosselli, Larissa Lipskaia, Guillaume Carteaux, Keyvan Razazi and Armand Mekontso Dessap
    Citation: Critical Care 2019 23:321
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  24. Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a devastating form of stroke. Causes and mechanisms of in-hospital death after SAH in the modern era of neurocritical care remain incompletely understood.

    Authors: Hector Lantigua, Santiago Ortega-Gutierrez, J. Michael Schmidt, Kiwon Lee, Neeraj Badjatia, Sachin Agarwal, Jan Claassen, E. Sander Connolly and Stephan A. Mayer
    Citation: Critical Care 2015 19:309
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  25. Insulin is used to treat hyperglycaemia in critically ill patients but can cause hypoglycaemia, which is associated with poorer outcomes. In health glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) is a poten...

    Authors: Palash Kar, Caroline E Cousins, Christopher E Annink, Karen L Jones, Marianne J Chapman, Juris J Meier, Michael A Nauck, Michael Horowitz and Adam M Deane
    Citation: Critical Care 2015 19:20
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  26. Guidelines support the use of enteral nutrition to improve clinical outcomes in critical illness; however, the optimal calorie and protein intake remains unclear. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to quant...

    Authors: Feng Tian, Xinying Wang, Xuejin Gao, Xiao Wan, Chao Wu, Li Zhang, Ning Li and Jieshou Li
    Citation: Critical Care 2015 19:180
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  27. Weaning-induced pulmonary oedema (WiPO) is a well-recognised cause of failure of weaning from mechanical ventilation, but its incidence and risk factors have not been reliably described. We wanted to determine...

    Authors: Jinglun Liu, Feng Shen, Jean-Louis Teboul, Nadia Anguel, Alexandra Beurton, Nadia Bezaz, Christian Richard and Xavier Monnet
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:369
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in Critical Care 2017 21:50

    The Letter to this article has been published in Critical Care 2017 21:29

  28. Pathogenic enteric bacteria aspirated from the oropharynx are the main cause of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Using chlorhexidine (CHX) orally or selective decontamination has been shown to reduce VAP...

    Authors: Bengt Klarin, Anne Adolfsson, Anders Torstensson and Anders Larsson
    Citation: Critical Care 2018 22:272
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  29. Targeted temperature management is recommended after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and may be achieved using a variety of cooling devices. This study was conducted to explore the performance and outcomes for ...

    Authors: Guy W. Glover, Richard M. Thomas, George Vamvakas, Nawaf Al-Subaie, Jules Cranshaw, Andrew Walden, Matthew P. Wise, Marlies Ostermann, Emma Thomas-Jones, Tobias Cronberg, David Erlinge, Yvan Gasche, Christian Hassager, Janneke Horn, Jesper Kjaergaard, Michael Kuiper…
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:381
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    The Letter to this article has been published in Critical Care 2018 22:219

  30. The early prediction of acute kidney injury (AKI) can facilitate timely intervention and prevent complications. We aimed to understand the predictive value of urinary liver-type fatty-acid binding protein (L-F...

    Authors: Hiroyuki Naruse, Junnichi Ishii, Hiroshi Takahashi, Fumihiko Kitagawa, Hideto Nishimura, Hideki Kawai, Takashi Muramatsu, Masahide Harada, Akira Yamada, Sadako Motoyama, Shigeru Matsui, Mutsuharu Hayashi, Masayoshi Sarai, Eiichi Watanabe, Hideo Izawa and Yukio Ozaki
    Citation: Critical Care 2018 22:197
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    The Letter to this article has been published in Critical Care 2018 22:304

  31. Ex vivo experiments in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) circuits have identified octanol-water partition coefficient (logP, a marker of lipophilicity) and protein binding (PB) as key drug factors aff...

    Authors: Kiran Shekar, Jason A. Roberts, Adrian G. Barnett, Sara Diab, Steven C. Wallis, Yoke L. Fung and John F. Fraser
    Citation: Critical Care 2015 19:437
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  32. Severe cardiovascular collapse (CVC) is a life-threatening complication after emergency endotracheal intubation (ETI) in the ICU. Many factors may interact with hemodynamic conditions during ETI, but no study ...

    Authors: Sebastien Perbet, Audrey De Jong, Julie Delmas, Emmanuel Futier, Bruno Pereira, Samir Jaber and Jean-Michel Constantin
    Citation: Critical Care 2015 19:257
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  33. The effect of high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) therapy in patients after planned extubation remains inconclusive. We aimed to perform a rigorous and comprehensive systematic meta-analysis to robustly quantify th...

    Authors: Youfeng Zhu, Haiyan Yin, Rui Zhang, Xiaoling Ye and Jianrui Wei
    Citation: Critical Care 2019 23:180
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    The Letter to this article has been published in Critical Care 2019 23:344

  34. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) remains an important pathogen in pneumonia. Bacteremia may secondarily complicate MRSA pneumonia. The epidemiology and outcomes associated with bacteremia in the...

    Authors: Andrew F. Shorr, Marya D. Zilberberg, Scott T. Micek and Marin H. Kollef
    Citation: Critical Care 2015 19:312
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  35. This study aimed to investigate the feasibility of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) for quantitative analysis of flow density to assess changes in retinal perfusion in an experimental model of ...

    Authors: Maged Alnawaiseh, Christian Ertmer, Laura Seidel, Philip Helge Arnemann, Larissa Lahme, Tim-Gerald Kampmeier, Sebastian Willy Rehberg, Peter Heiduschka, Nicole Eter and Michael Hessler
    Citation: Critical Care 2018 22:138
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  36. Troponin I (TnI) is frequently elevated in critical illness, but its interpretation is unclear. Our primary objectives in this study were to evaluate whether TnI is associated with hospital mortality and if th...

    Authors: Annemarie B. Docherty, Malcolm Sim, Joao Oliveira, Michael Adlam, Marlies Ostermann, Timothy S. Walsh, John Kinsella and Nazir I. Lone
    Citation: Critical Care 2017 21:216
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  37. Respiratory muscle dysfunction may develop rapidly in critically ill ventilated patients and is associated with increased morbidity, length of intensive care unit stay, costs, and mortality. This review briefl...

    Authors: Willem-Jan M. Schellekens, Hieronymus W. H. van Hees, Jonne Doorduin, Lisanne H. Roesthuis, Gert Jan Scheffer, Johannes G. van der Hoeven and Leo M. A. Heunks
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:103
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  38. Cefepime is a widely used antibiotic with neurotoxicity attributed to its ability to cross the blood–brain barrier and exhibit concentration-dependent ϒ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) antagonism. Neurotoxic symptoms...

    Authors: Lauren E. Payne, David J. Gagnon, Richard R. Riker, David B. Seder, Elizabeth K. Glisic, Jane G. Morris and Gilles L. Fraser
    Citation: Critical Care 2017 21:276
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  39. No evidence exists to date on which to base the selection of outcome measures for assessing nutritional interventions in critically ill patients. We conducted a systematic literature review to describe the out...

    Authors: Garry Taverny, Thomas Lescot, Emmanuel Pardo, Frederique Thonon, Manar Maarouf and Corinne Alberti
    Citation: Critical Care 2019 23:12
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    The Editorial to this article has been published in Critical Care 2019 23:53

  40. It is unclear whether influenza infection and associated co-infection are associated with patient-important outcomes in critically ill immunocompromised patients with acute respiratory failure.

    Authors: Ignacio Martin-Loeches, Virginie Lemiale, Pierce Geoghegan, Mary Aisling McMahon, Peter Pickkers, Marcio Soares, Anders Perner, Tine Sylvest Meyhoff, Ramin Brandt Bukan, Jordi Rello, Philippe R. Bauer, Andry van de Louw, Fabio Silvio Taccone, Jorge Salluh, Pleun Hemelaar, Peter Schellongowski…
    Citation: Critical Care 2019 23:152
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  41. Neurocritical care patients are at high risk for stress-related upper gastrointestinal (UGI) bleeding. The aim of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the risks and benefits of stress ulcer prophylaxis (SUP) in ...

    Authors: Bolin Liu, Shujuan Liu, Anan Yin and Javed Siddiqi
    Citation: Critical Care 2015 19:409
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    The Letter to this article has been published in Critical Care 2016 20:22

  43. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the provision of corticosteroids improves time to shock reversal and outcomes in patients with post-cardiac arrest shock.

    Authors: Michael W. Donnino, Lars W. Andersen, Katherine M. Berg, Maureen Chase, Robert Sherwin, Howard Smithline, Erin Carney, Long Ngo, Parth V. Patel, Xiaowen Liu, Donald Cutlip, Peter Zimetbaum and Michael N. Cocchi
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:82
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    The Letter to this article has been published in Critical Care 2016 20:211

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Critical Care 2016 20:189

  44. Although the African “Fluid Expansion as Supportive therapy” (FEAST) trial showed fluid resuscitation was harmful in children with severe febrile illness managed in resource-limited hospitals, the most recent ...

    Authors: Kirsty Anne Houston, Elizabeth C. George and Kathryn Maitland
    Citation: Critical Care 2018 22:119
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  45. Sleep deprivation is common in critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Noise and light in the ICU and the reduction in plasma melatonin play the essential roles. The aim of this study was to ...

    Authors: Hua-Wei Huang, Bo-Lu Zheng, Li Jiang, Zong-Tong Lin, Guo-Bin Zhang, Ling Shen and Xiu-Ming Xi
    Citation: Critical Care 2015 19:124
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  46. Therapeutic hypothermia management remains controversial in patients with traumatic brain injury. We conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the risks and benefits of therapeutic hypothermia management in patien...

    Authors: Hanbing Chen, Fei Wu, Penglei Yang, Jun Shao, Qihong Chen and Ruiqiang Zheng
    Citation: Critical Care 2019 23:396
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  47. In critically ill patients, poor patient-ventilator interaction may worsen outcomes. Although sedatives are often administered to improve comfort and facilitate ventilation, they can be deleterious. Whether op...

    Authors: Candelaria de Haro, Rudys Magrans, Josefina López-Aguilar, Jaume Montanyà, Enrico Lena, Carles Subirà, Sol Fernandez-Gonzalo, Gemma Gomà, Rafael Fernández, Guillermo M. Albaiceta, Yoanna Skrobik, Umberto Lucangelo, Gastón Murias, Ana Ochagavia, Robert M. Kacmarek, Montserrat Rue…
    Citation: Critical Care 2019 23:245
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  48. Despite the essential functions of the intestinal microbiota in human physiology, little has been reported about the microbiome in neurocritically ill patients. This investigation aimed to evaluate the charact...

    Authors: Ruoting Xu, Chuhong Tan, Jiajia Zhu, Xiuli Zeng, Xuxuan Gao, Qiheng Wu, Qiong Chen, Huidi Wang, Hongwei Zhou, Yan He, Suyue Pan and Jia Yin
    Citation: Critical Care 2019 23:195
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    The Letter to this article has been published in Critical Care 2019 23:403

  50. Mild induced hypothermia (MIH) is believed to reduce mortality and neurological impairment after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. However, a recently published trial demonstrated that hypothermia at 33 °C did n...

    Authors: Xi Wen Zhang, Jian Feng Xie, Jian Xiao Chen, Ying Zi Huang, Feng Mei Guo, Yi Yang and Hai Bo Qiu
    Citation: Critical Care 2015 19:417
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