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Alexandre Fontoura1, Gonçalo Cunha2, Eduarda Horta2

  • 1Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Unidade Local de Saúde da Guarda E.P.E. - Hospital Sousa Martins, Guarda, Portugal.

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