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  1. Department of Intensive Care, Radboud University Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Harry P. M. M. Gelissen MD

  2. Department of Intensive Care, Erasme University Hospital, Route de Lennik 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium

    Professor Jean-Louis Vincent MD, PhD (Head, Department of Intensive Care President, International Sepsis Forum, Past President, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, Past President, European Shock Society)

  3. Department of Intensive Care, VU University Medical Centre, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Professor Lambert Thijs MD, PhD (Emeritus Professor of Intensive Care)

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Gelissen, H.P.M.M., Vincent, JL., Thijs, L. (2006). Hospital Treatment. In: Bierens, J.J.L.M. (eds) Handbook on Drowning. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29656-5_7

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