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Can we still refuse ICU admissionof patients with hematological malignancies?

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  1. Medical Intensive Care Unit, Cochin Hospital, 27 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014, Paris, France

    Frédéric Pène

  2. Intensive Care Unit, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Márcio Soares

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Pène, F., Soares, M. Can we still refuse ICU admissionof patients with hematological malignancies?. Intensive Care Med 34, 790–792 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-008-1003-1

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