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Timothy P Hanrahan¹, Georgina Harlow, Joel M Dulhunty

¹Burns Trauma and Critical Care Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and Department of Intensive Care Medicine, The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Department of Intensive Care Medicine, The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Burns Trauma and Critical Care Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and Department of Intensive Care Medicine, The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Department of Intensive Care Medicine, The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

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