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Biomarkers in the ICU: less is more? Not sure

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  1. NOVA Medical School, CHRC, New University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

    Pedro Póvoa

  2. Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Research Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, OUH Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

    Pedro Póvoa

  3. Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Polivalente, Hospital de São Francisco Xavier, CHLO, Estrada Do Forte Do Alto Do Duque, 1449-005, Lisbon, Portugal

    Pedro Póvoa

  4. D’Or Institute for Reasearch and Education, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Jorge I. F. Salluh

  5. PostGraduation Program, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Jorge I. F. Salluh

  6. Programa de Pos Graduacao Em CIencias Pneumologicas, Hospital de Clinicas, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Thiago Lisboa

  7. Universidade LaSalle, Canoas, Brazil

    Thiago Lisboa

  8. Research Institute, Hospital Do Coração, São Paulo, Brazil

    Thiago Lisboa

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Póvoa, P., Salluh, J.I.F. & Lisboa, T. Biomarkers in the ICU: less is more? Not sure. Intensive Care Med 47, 101–103 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-020-06077-4

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