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  1. Rocky Mountain Regional Trauma Center, Denver Health Medical Center, 777 Bannock Street, MC 0206, 80204, Denver, CO, USA

    Carlton C. Barnett Jr. MD FACS

  2. University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA

    Nicole T. Townsend BS

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  1. Head Dept of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital (Free University of Brussels), Route de Lennik 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium

    Jean-Louis Vincent

  2. University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., MC 6076, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA

    Jesse B. Hall

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Barnett, C.C., Townsend, N.T. (2012). Neuropraxia. In: Vincent, JL., Hall, J.B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Intensive Care Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00418-6_483

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