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  1. Critical Care Department, Joan XXIII University Hospital, University Rovira i Virgili, IISPV, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERes), Tarragona, Spain

    Ignacio Martin-Loeches & Alejandro Rodriguez

  2. Critical Care Department, Vall D’Hebron Hospital, UAB, Institut de Recerca Vall D’Hebron, CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Barcelona, Spain

    Jordi Rello

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Martin-Loeches, I., Rodriguez, A. & Rello, J. Reply to Westley and Chan and to Shih et al.. Intensive Care Med 36, 1789–1790 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-010-1948-8

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