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Post-operative intensive care: is it really necessary?

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RP is supported by an NIHR Research Professorship. AJF is supported by an NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship (DRF-2018-11-ST2-062).

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    R. M. J. Cashmore, A. J. Fowler & R. M. Pearse

  2. Adult Critical Care Unit, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London, E1 1BB, UK

    R. M. J. Cashmore & R. M. Pearse

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Cashmore, R.M.J., Fowler, A.J. & Pearse, R.M. Post-operative intensive care: is it really necessary?. Intensive Care Med 45, 1799–1801 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-019-05775-y

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