Reper, P.; Service de Soins Intensifs, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann, Site Horta, Place Arthur Van Gehuchten 4, Brussels, Belgium, Service de Soins Intensifs, Le Tilleriau, CHR Haute Senne, Chaussée de Braine 49, Soignies, Belgium
Brimioulle, S.; Service de Soins Intensifs, Hôpital Erasme, Route de Lennik 808, Brussels, Belgium
Van Cromphaut, S.; Intensieve Zorgen, UZA, Wilrijkstraat 10, Edegem, Belgium
De Clety, S. C.; Service de Soins Intensifs et Urgences Pédiatriques, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, UCL, Avenue Hippocrate 10, Brussels, Belgium
Sottiaux, T.; Soins Intensifs, Clinique Notre-Dame de Grâce, Chaussée de Nivelles, 212, Gosselies, Belgium
Damas, Pierre ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Anesthésie et réanimation
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