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Technology Assessment

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  1. Dept of Intensive Care Medicine, Erasmus Hospital, PO Box 2040, Room V-212, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, Netherlands

    J. Bakker

  2. Institute for Medical Technology Assessment, Erasmus Hospital, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, Netherlands

    P. Verboom

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Suite 616A, Scaife Hall 3550 Terrace St., Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA

    Michell P. Fink (Chair) (Chair)

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, and Surgical Intensive Care, University Hospital, Rue Michel-du-Crest 24, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland

    Peter M. Suter (Head) (Head)

  3. Department of Medicine Sunnybrook & Women’s College, Health Sciences Centre University of Toronto, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Suite D4, 74, Toronto, M4N 3M5, Canada

    William J. Sibbald

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Bakker, J., Verboom, P. (2006). Technology Assessment. In: Fink, M.P., Suter, P.M., Sibbald, W.J. (eds) Intensive Care Medicine in 10 Years. Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 43. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29730-8_7

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