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Access to Intensive Care Medicine for Undocumented Migrants: The Destiny of an ECMO Center in the Middle of the Mediterranean Basin

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We are indebted to Warren Blumberg, science editor at ISMETT, for his help in revising the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS-ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), Via Tricomi 5, 90127, Palermo, Italy

    Gennaro Martucci & Antonio Arcadipane

  2. Office of the Director of Health Care Activities, IRCCS-ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), Via Tricomi 5, 90127, Palermo, Italy

    Cinzia Di Benedetto

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Martucci, G., Di Benedetto, C. & Arcadipane, A. Access to Intensive Care Medicine for Undocumented Migrants: The Destiny of an ECMO Center in the Middle of the Mediterranean Basin. Intensive Care Med 43, 138–139 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-016-4428-y

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