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Editorial
. 2019 Nov;74(11):1015-1017.
doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2019-213779. Epub 2019 Sep 18.

The heterogeneity of prolonged ICU hospitalisations

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Editorial

The heterogeneity of prolonged ICU hospitalisations

Elizabeth Marie Viglianti et al. Thorax. 2019 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: Clinical Epidemiology; Critical Care.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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New framework of prolonged ICU hospitalizations.

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