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Dept of Medicine, Division of Critical Care, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
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Dept of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton,
ON, Canada.
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Dept of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir,
Turkey.
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Dept of Intensive Care and Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anesthesiology
(LEICA), Amsterdam UMC, location Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Respiratory Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, location Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands.
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Academic and Clinical Department of Sleep and Breathing and NIHR Respiratory Biomedical
Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
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Dept of Pneumology, Respiratory Institute, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, University of
Barcelona and CIBERES, Barcelona, Spain.
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Dept of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Science, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
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G. Giglio Institute, Cefalù, Italy.
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Dept of Intensive Care Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers, Médecine Intensive Réanimation, Poitiers,
France.
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INSERM Centre d'Investigation Clinique 1402 ALIVE, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers,
France.
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Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Dept of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia
University, Catanzaro, Italy.
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Dept of Clinical, Integrated and Experimental Medicine (DIMES), Alma Mater Studiorum
University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
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IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Respiratory and Critical Care
Unit, Bologna, Italy.
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Department of Medicine - DIMED, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
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Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy.
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Dept of Pulmonary Medicine, Baskent University, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Cardiothoracic and Vascular Department, Respiratory and Critical Care Unit, Careggi
University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
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Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
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Dept of Pneumology, Cologne Merheim Hospital, Kliniken der Stadt Köln, gGmbH, Witten/Herdecke
University, Faculty of Health/School of Medicine, Köln, Germany.
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Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
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European Lung Foundation (ELF), Sheffield, UK.
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Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Dept of Medical, Surgical, Experimental
Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
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Pulmonology and Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, Cardio-Thoraco-Neuro-Vascular Dept,
Usl Toscana Sudest, S Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy raffaele_scala@hotmail.com.