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Robert P Weenink¹, Markus W Hollmann, Xavier C E Vrijdag

¹Diving Medical Center, Royal Netherlands Navy, Den Helder, The Netherlands, Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anaesthesiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Department of Anaesthesiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anaesthesiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Department of Anaesthesiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Radiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anaesthesiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Department of Anaesthesiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Diving Medical Center, Royal Netherlands Navy, Den Helder, The Netherlands, Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anaesthesiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Department of Anaesthesiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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