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Propofol-infusion syndrome in traumatic brain injury: consider the ECMO option

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    Dieter Frans Dauwe, Jan Gunst, Dirk Vlasselaers & Geert Meyfroidt

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Dauwe, D.F., Gunst, J., Vlasselaers, D. et al. Propofol-infusion syndrome in traumatic brain injury: consider the ECMO option. Intensive Care Med 47, 127–129 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-020-06280-3

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