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  1. University Department of Anaesthesia, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK

    J. G. Jones

  2. Department of Anaesthesia, St. Jame's University Hospital, Leeds, UK

    M. Vucevic

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Jones, J.G., Vucevic, M. Not awake, not asleep, not dead?. Intensive Care Med 18, 67–68 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01705034

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