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The ICU at Rigshospitalet, where AP is head of research, receives research funds from Fresenius Kabi and CSL Behring. The other authors have no conflicts of interests.

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  1. Department of Intensive Care, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Anders Perner

  2. Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Robert A. Fowler

  3. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Robert A. Fowler

  4. Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia

    Rinaldo Bellomo

  5. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, UK

    Ian Roberts

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Perner, A., Fowler, R.A., Bellomo, R. et al. Ebola care and research protocols. Intensive Care Med 41, 111–114 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-014-3568-1

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