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  1. Division of Critical Care Medicine Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Professor of Pediatrics Wayne State University School of Medicine Associate Pediatrician-in-Chief Co-Chief, Detroit, MI, USA

    Ashok P. Sarnaik

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  1. Medical Center, Div. of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Burnet Avenue 3333, Cincinnati, 45229, U.S.A.

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  2. Medical Center, Div. of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Burnet Avenue 3333, Cincinnati, 45229, U.S.A.

    Hector R. Wong

  3. C.S. Mott Children's Hospital , Pediatric Critical Care Medicine , University of Michigan, E. Medical Center Drive 1500, Ann Arbor, 48109-0243, U.S.A.

    Thomas P. Shanley

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Meert, K.L., Sarnaik, A.P. (2009). Withdrawal of Life Support. In: Wheeler, D., Wong, H., Shanley, T. (eds) Resuscitation and Stabilization of the Critically Ill Child. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-919-6_9

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