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Affiliations

¹ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Department of Medical Informatics, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and National Intensive Care Evaluation (NICE) foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and Department of Cardiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Comment

Wim J R Rietdijk et al. Crit Care Med. 2020 Mar.

. 2020 Mar;48(3):e254.

doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004187.

¹ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Department of Medical Informatics, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and National Intensive Care Evaluation (NICE) foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and Department of Cardiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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