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  1. Sinai Health System, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Lisa Burry

  2. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada

    Louise Rose

  3. Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anaesthesiology, Pharmacology and Intensive Care, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    Bara Ricou

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Burry, L., Rose, L. & Ricou, B. Physical restraint: time to let go. Intensive Care Med 44, 1296–1298 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-017-5000-0

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