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JLV and JBH have no conflicts of interest related to this manuscript. ASS has no financial conflicts of interest related to this manuscript, even though he has made many mistakes!

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  1. Department of Intensive Care, Erasme University Hospital, Université libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium

    Jean-Louis Vincent

  2. Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Jesse B. Hall

  3. Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Arthur S. Slutsky

  4. Keenan Research Center for Biomedical Science, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael’s Hospital Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Arthur S. Slutsky

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Vincent, JL., Hall, J.B. & Slutsky, A.S. Ten big mistakes in intensive care medicine. Intensive Care Med 41, 505–507 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-014-3570-7

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