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  1. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, 10021, New York, NY, USA

    David A. Berlin

  2. Department of Intensive Care Adults, Erasmus MC University, Room H 325, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Berlin, D.A., Bakker, J. Understanding venous return. Intensive Care Med 40, 1564–1566 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-014-3379-4

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