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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada

    Guillaume Leblanc

  2. Service de Réanimation Médicale, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Hôpital Saint-Antoine, 184 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75012, Paris, France

    Guillaume Leblanc, Ariane Boumendil & Bertrand Guidet

  3. Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 06, Paris, France

    Bertrand Guidet

  4. Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), UMR_S 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d’Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique, 75013, Paris, France

    Bertrand Guidet

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Leblanc, G., Boumendil, A. & Guidet, B. Ten things to know about critically ill elderly patients. Intensive Care Med 43, 217–219 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-016-4477-2

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