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. 2019 Aug;45(8):1116-1118.
doi: 10.1007/s00134-019-05562-9. Epub 2019 Mar 7.

Eight things we would never do regarding end-of-life care in the ICU

E Wesley Ely  1   2 , Elie Azoulay  3 , Charles L Sprung  4
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Eight things we would never do regarding end-of-life care in the ICU

E Wesley Ely et al. Intensive Care Med. 2019 Aug.
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