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  1. Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, North Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux, Service d’Anesthésie Et de Réanimation, Hôpital Nord, Chemin Des Bourrely, Universitaires de Marseille, Aix Marseille University, 13015, Marseille, France

    Marc Leone

  2. Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, USA

    Nathan D. Nielsen

  3. Section of Transfusion Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, USA

    Nathan D. Nielsen

  4. Department of Intensive Care, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark

    Lene Russell

  5. Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Lene Russell

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Leone, M., Nielsen, N.D. & Russell, L. Ten tips on sepsis-induced thrombocytopenia. Intensive Care Med (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-024-07478-5

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