Continuous remote monitoring to detect critical early warning scores after abdominal surgery: A prospective cohort study

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¹ From the Department of Anaesthesiology (HRT, SGP, WHvdV, PS, CB), Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam (PRT) and Department of Intensive Care Medicine Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (HRT).

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Hugo R Touw et al. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2021.

. 2021 Jun 1;38(6):673-675.

doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000001472.

¹ From the Department of Anaesthesiology (HRT, SGP, WHvdV, PS, CB), Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam (PRT) and Department of Intensive Care Medicine Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (HRT).

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