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Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
² Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, S.Orsola Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
³ Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Department of Women's and Children's Health, University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy.

Comment

Francesca Sperotto et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;21(11):1027-1028.

doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000002538.

¹ Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
² Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, S.Orsola Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
³ Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Department of Women's and Children's Health, University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy.

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