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Reasons for the higher incidence of unplanned extubation in medical ICUs than in surgical ICUs: reply to the letter by F. Kapadia

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  1. Center for Health Services and Nursing Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Philip Moons

  2. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospitals of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Patrick Ferdinande

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Moons, P., Ferdinande, P. Reasons for the higher incidence of unplanned extubation in medical ICUs than in surgical ICUs: reply to the letter by F. Kapadia. Intensive Care Med 30, 2290 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-004-2451-x

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