Less is more in critical care is supported by evidence-based medicine

Catherine L Auriemma^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Catherine.auriemma@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
² Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Catherine.auriemma@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
³ Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Catherine.auriemma@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
⁴ Clinical Division and Laboratory of Intensive Care Medicine, KU Leuven, Louvain, Belgium.
⁵ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁶ Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁷ Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁸ Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁹ Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Editorial

Catherine L Auriemma et al. Intensive Care Med. 2019 Dec.

. 2019 Dec;45(12):1806-1809.

doi: 10.1007/s00134-019-05771-2. Epub 2019 Sep 18.

Catherine L Auriemma^{1

2

3}, Greet Van den Berghe⁴, Scott D Halpern^{5

6

7

8

9}

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Catherine.auriemma@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
² Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Catherine.auriemma@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
³ Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Catherine.auriemma@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
⁴ Clinical Division and Laboratory of Intensive Care Medicine, KU Leuven, Louvain, Belgium.
⁵ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁶ Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁷ Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁸ Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁹ Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest

On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.

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