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De-implementing low value care in critically ill patients: a call for action—less is more

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  1. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, McCaig Tower, University of Calgary, 3134 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 5A1, Canada

    Henry T. Stelfox & Daniel J. Niven

  2. Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

    Henry T. Stelfox & Daniel J. Niven

  3. O’Brien Institute for Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

    Henry T. Stelfox & Daniel J. Niven

  4. Alberta Health Services, Alberta, Canada

    Henry T. Stelfox & Daniel J. Niven

  5. College of Nursing, Academic Health Sciences Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

    Annette M. Bourgault

  6. Orlando Health, Orlando, FL, USA

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Stelfox, H.T., Bourgault, A.M. & Niven, D.J. De-implementing low value care in critically ill patients: a call for action—less is more. Intensive Care Med 45, 1443–1446 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-019-05694-y

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