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. 2025 Sep 1;53(9):e1853-e1854.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006757. Epub 2025 Sep 2.

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Apostolos A Menis  1 , Demosthenes Makris  1   2
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Apostolos A Menis et al. Crit Care Med. .
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