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    Thomas P. Shanley

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Randolph, A.G. (2009). Evidence-Based Medicine in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. In: Wheeler, D., Wong, H., Shanley, T. (eds) Science and Practice of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-921-9_11

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