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Quality of life following critical care: moving beyond survival

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    Daren K. Heyland

  2. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

    D. J. Kutsogiannis

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Heyland, D., Kutsogiannis, D. Quality of life following critical care: moving beyond survival. Intensive Care Med 26, 1172–1175 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001340000621

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