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The authors thank Eleonora Carlesso for the help and suggestions in the preparation of the manuscript.

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This study was (partially) funded by Italian Ministry of Health - Current research IRCCS.

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    Antonio Pesenti

  2. Department of Critical Care Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

    Douglas Slobod & Sheldon Magder

  3. Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Via Francesco Sforza 35, 20122, Milan, Italy

    Antonio Pesenti

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Pesenti, A., Slobod, D. & Magder, S. The forgotten relevance of central venous pressure monitoring. Intensive Care Med 49, 868–870 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-023-07101-z

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