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  1. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Amsterdam Leiden IC Focused Echography (ALIFE), Research VUmc Intensive Care (REVIVE), Amsterdam Medical Data Science (AMDS), Amsterdam Cardiovascular Science (ACS), Amsterdam Infection and Immunity Institute (AI&II), Amsterdam UMC, Location VUmc, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    M. E. Haaksma, J. M. Smit, M. L. A. Heldeweg, P. Elbers & P. R. Tuinman

  2. Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anesthesiology (LEICA), Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    L. Pisani

  3. Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

    L. Pisani

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Haaksma, M.E., Smit, J.M., Heldeweg, M.L.A. et al. Lung ultrasound and B-lines: B careful!. Intensive Care Med 46, 544–545 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-019-05911-8

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