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  1. Professor of Pediatrics, Director, Critical Care Medicine St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN, USA

    Gregory L. Stidham MD

  2. Nemir Endowed Professor, International Children’s Heart Foundation, University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences, Memphis, TN, USA

    William M. Novick MD

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  1. Medical Center, Div. of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Burnet Avenue 3333, Cincinnati, 45229, U.S.A.

    Derek S. Wheeler

  2. Medical Center, Div. of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Burnet Avenue 3333, Cincinnati, 45229, U.S.A.

    Hector R. Wong

  3. C.S. Mott Children's Hospital , Pediatric Critical Care Medicine , University of Michigan, E. Medical Center Drive 1500, Ann Arbor, 48109-0243, U.S.A.

    Thomas P. Shanley

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Stidham, G.L., Novick, W.M. (2009). Pediatric Critical Care in Developing Countries. In: Wheeler, D., Wong, H., Shanley, T. (eds) Science and Practice of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-921-9_13

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