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  1. Intensive Care Unit, General Hospital “Virgen de la Nieves”, Avda. Coronel Muñoz, 2, E-18014, Granada, Spain

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Spanish Group for the Epidemiological Analysis of Critical Patients (PAEEC)., Mata, G.V. Quality of life: A tool for decision-making in the ICU. Intensive Care Med 20, 251–252 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01708958

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