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We acknowledge the help of the nursing staff of the Wesley Hospital Intensive Care unit with blood sampling. Queensland Medical Laboratories waived the costs of biochemical assays.
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Venkatesh, B., Davidson, B., Robinson, K. et al. Do random estimations of vitamin D3 and parathyroid hormone reflect the 24-h profile in the critically ill?. Intensive Care Med 38, 177–179 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-011-2415-x
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