Paediatric and adult critical care medicine: joining forces against Covid-19

Martin C J Kneyber^{1

2}, Bernadette Engels³, Peter H J van der Voort^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Paediatrics, division of Paediatric Critical Care Medicine, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Huispost CA62, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700, RB, Groningen, The Netherlands. m.c.j.kneyber@umcg.nl.
² Critical Care, Anaesthesiology, Peri-operative & Emergency Medicine (CAPE), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. m.c.j.kneyber@umcg.nl.
³ Department of Paediatrics, division of Paediatric Critical Care Medicine, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Huispost CA62, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700, RB, Groningen, The Netherlands.
⁴ Critical Care, Anaesthesiology, Peri-operative & Emergency Medicine (CAPE), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Critical Care, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.

Martin C J Kneyber et al. Crit Care. 2020.

. 2020 Jun 16;24(1):350.

doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03074-3.

Martin C J Kneyber^{1

2}, Bernadette Engels³, Peter H J van der Voort^{4

5}

¹ Department of Paediatrics, division of Paediatric Critical Care Medicine, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Huispost CA62, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700, RB, Groningen, The Netherlands. m.c.j.kneyber@umcg.nl.
² Critical Care, Anaesthesiology, Peri-operative & Emergency Medicine (CAPE), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. m.c.j.kneyber@umcg.nl.
³ Department of Paediatrics, division of Paediatric Critical Care Medicine, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Huispost CA62, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700, RB, Groningen, The Netherlands.
⁴ Critical Care, Anaesthesiology, Peri-operative & Emergency Medicine (CAPE), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Critical Care, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.

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Conflict of interest statement

None to disclose for both authors.

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