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  1. Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

    Thomas J. Cholis III (MD)

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  1. Medical Center, Div. of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Burnet Avenue 3333, Cincinnati, 45229, U.S.A.

    Derek S. Wheeler

  2. Medical Center, Div. of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Burnet Avenue 3333, Cincinnati, 45229, U.S.A.

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  3. C.S. Mott Children's Hospital , Pediatric Critical Care Medicine , University of Michigan, E. Medical Center Drive 1500, Ann Arbor, 48109-0243, U.S.A.

    Thomas P. Shanley

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Cholis, T.J., Pollack, M.M. (2009). Scoring Systems in Critical Care. In: Wheeler, D., Wong, H., Shanley, T. (eds) Science and Practice of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-921-9_5

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