Admission to the intensive care unit: the need to study complexity and solutions

Ashraf Roshdy^{1

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Affiliations

¹ General Intensive Care Unit, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Blackshaw Road, Tooting, London, SW17 0QT, UK. ashrafroshdy76@hotmail.com.
² Critical Care Department, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt. ashrafroshdy76@hotmail.com.

Ashraf Roshdy. Ann Intensive Care. 2019.

. 2019 Jan 22;9(1):14.

doi: 10.1186/s13613-019-0494-y.

Ashraf Roshdy^{1

2}

¹ General Intensive Care Unit, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Blackshaw Road, Tooting, London, SW17 0QT, UK. ashrafroshdy76@hotmail.com.
² Critical Care Department, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt. ashrafroshdy76@hotmail.com.

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