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  1. Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Military Hospital, Private Bag X1026, 0143, Voortrekkerhoogte, Republic of South Africa

    H. J. C. du Plessis

  2. Department of Medicine, Royal Marsden Hospital, Downs Road, SM2 5PT, Sutton, Surrey, UK

    A. Banerjee

  3. Department of Intensive Care, Cliniques Saint-Luc, Catholic University of Louvain, B-1200, Brussels, Belgium

    A. M. Dive

  4. Medical ICU Cochin Port, Royal University Hospital, F-75674, Paris Cédex 14, France

    J. F. Dhainaut

  5. Anaesthetics and Intensive Care, Bristol Royal Infirmary, BS2 8HW, Bristol, UK

    J. F. Bion

  6. Department of Anesthesiology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

    Anis Baraka

  7. Institut für Anästhesiologie der Universität Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, D-4000, D∭seldorf 1, FRG

    R. Assmann

  8. The Intensive Care Unit, Addenbrookes Hospital, CB2 2QQ, Cambridge, UK

    G. R. Park

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du Plessis, H.J.C., Banerjee, A., Dive, A.M. et al. Correspondence. Intensive Care Med 13, 213–219 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00254708

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