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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the sites and staff that contributed to this study. The members of the George Institute for Global Health, and the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group are: Naomi Hammond, Serena Knowles, Annie Gao, Yang Li, John Myburgh, Ian Seppelt, Sarah Grattan, Conrad Nangla: The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, NSW; Graeme Duke, Andrew Shelton, Nick Kokotsis, Dianne Parker: Angliss Hospital (Eastern Health), Upper Ferntree Gully, VIC; Shay McGuinness, Rachael Parke, Eileen Gilder, Magdalena Butler, Keri-Anne Cowdrey, Samantha Ryan, Melissa Woollett, Karina Duffy: Auckland City Hospital, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Intensive Care Unit, Auckland, New Zealand; Colin McArthur, Lynette Newby, Yan Chen, Rachael McConnochie, Catherine Simmonds: Auckland City Hospital, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Auckland, New Zealand; Angus Richardson, Dianne Hill: Ballarat Base Hospital, Ballarat, VIC; Jyotsna Dwivedi, Manoj Saxena, Kathleen Brennan, Sonja Hedges, Mariamma Varghese, Simon Abel: Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital, NSW; Claire Cattigan, Allison Bone, Tania Elderkin, Tania Salerno: Barwon Health, University Hospital Geelong, VIC; Stephanie Hunter: Box Hill (Eastern Health), Melbourne, VIC; Mahesh Ramanan, Bronwyn Johnson, Rebekah Swift, Joby Mathew, Jince Baby, Angela Gentile, Glipsy James, Courtney Connew, Kylie Annetts: Caboolture Hospital, Caboolture Hospital, QLD; Vineet Sarode, Shannon Simpson: Cabrini Hospital, Melbourne, VIC; Katrina Ellem, Toni McKenna: Calvary Mater Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW; Sumeet Rai, Frank van Haren, Shakira Spiller: Canberra Hospital, ACT; Seton Henderson, Jan Mehrtens: Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand; George Lukas, Kate Shepherd, Nicole Percy: Dandenong Hospital, Dandenong, VIC; Gabrielle Hanlon, Jonathan Barrett, Julie O'Donnell: Epworth Richmond, Melbourne, VIC; Edward Litton, Annamaria Palermo, Susan Pellicano, Ege Eroglu, Adrian Regli: Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, WA; Shailesh Bihari, Elisha Matheson, Tapaswi Shrestha, Xia Jin, Russell Laver: Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, SA; Craig French, Samantha Bates, Miriam Towns, Yang Yang: Footscray Hospital (Western Health), Melbourne, VIC; James Winearls, Mandy Tallott, Angelly Martinez, Maimoonbe Gough, Priscilla Harvey: Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD; Neeraj Bhadange, Kristine Ryan, Shannon Treay: Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich, QLD; Kellie Sosnowski, Lynette Morrison, Joanne Sutton, Melanie Cooper: Logan Hospital, Logan, QLD; Graeme Duke, Deborah Welsh: Maroondah Hospital, Ringwood East, VIC; Katherine Jongebloed Isabel, Anne Leditschke: Mater Hospital, Brisbane, QLD; Tony Williams, Rima Song, Vivian Lai, Dinu Girijadevi: Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand; Janet Liang, Danielle Hacking: North Shore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand; Jason Meyer, Emma Saylor, Krista Wetzig: Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD; Alexis Tabah, Maree Duroux: Redcliffe Hospital, Redcliffe, QLD; Ravikiran Sonawane, Nicholas Ward: Rockingham General Hospital, Cooloongup, WA; Fiona Coyer, Jennifer Palmer: Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD; Lewis Campbell, Margaret Phillips, Rebecca Garcia: Royal Darwin Hospital, Northern Territory; Elizabeth Yarad, Frances Bass, Naomi Hammond, Julia Piloswky, Angela Ashelford: Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW; Jennifer Coles, David Gattas, Heidi Buhr, David Massey: Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW; Matthew Anstey, Rashmi Rauyinar, Brad Wibrow, Erina Myers: Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, WA; Edward Litton, Janet Ferrier: St John of God Hospital Subiaco, WA; Adrian Regli, Annamaria Palermo: St John of God Murdoch Hospital, WA; Hergen Buscher, Claire Reynolds: St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, NSW; John Santamaria, Jennifer Holmes: St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC; Peter Garrett, Lauren Murray, Loretta Forbes, Teena Magurie: Sunshine Coast University Hospital, QLD; Craig French, Samantha Bates, Miriam Towns, Anna Tippett, Rebecca Morgan: Sunshine Hospital (Western Health), Melbourne, VIC; Troy Browne, Jennifer Goodson, Jacqui Shippey: Tauranga Hospital, Tauranga, New Zealand; Andrew Udy, Meredith Young, Jasmin Board, Phoebe McCracken, Emma Martin, Shirley Vallance: The Alfred, Melbourne, VIC; Adam Deane, Deborah Barge, Kathleen Byrne, Sarah Doherty: The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC; Adam Visser, Judith Smith: Toowoomba Hospital, Toowoomba, QLD; Robert Martynoga, Sarah Rogers, Amelia Butler, Kara Trask: Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand; Paul Young, Anna Hunt, Cassie Lawrence, Deborah Hendry: Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand.

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  1. Intensive Care Unit, Barwon Health, PO Box 281, Geelong, VIC, Australia

    Matthew J. Maiden, Allison Bone & Megan Fitzpatrick

  2. Intensive Care Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    Matthew J. Maiden

  3. Discipline of Acute Care Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    Matthew J. Maiden

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The George Institute for Global Health, and the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group

  • Naomi Hammond
  • , Serena Knowles
  • , Annie Gao
  • , Yang Li
  • , John Myburgh
  • , Ian Seppelt
  • , Sarah Grattan
  • , Conrad Nangla
  • , Graeme Duke
  • , Andrew Shelton
  • , Nick Kokotsis
  • , Dianne Parker
  • , Shay McGuinness
  • , Rachael Parke
  • , Eileen Gilder
  • , Magdalena Butler
  • , Keri-Anne Cowdrey
  • , Samantha Ryan
  • , Melissa Woollett
  • , Karina Duffy
  • , Colin McArthur
  • , Lynette Newby
  • , Yan Chen
  • , Rachael McConnochie
  • , Catherine Simmonds
  • , Angus Richardson
  • , Dianne Hill
  • , Jyotsna Dwivedi
  • , Manoj Saxena
  • , Kathleen Brennan
  • , Sonja Hedges
  • , Mariamma Varghese
  • , Simon Abel
  • , Claire Cattigan
  • , Allison Bone
  • , Tania Elderkin
  • , Tania Salerno
  • , Stephanie Hunter
  • , Mahesh Ramanan
  • , Bronwyn Johnson
  • , Rebekah Swift
  • , Joby Mathew
  • , Jince Baby
  • , Angela Gentile
  • , Glipsy James
  • , Courtney Connew
  • , Kylie Annetts
  • , Vineet Sarode
  • , Shannon Simpson
  • , Katrina Ellem
  • , Toni McKenna
  • , Sumeet Rai
  • , Frank van Haren
  • , Shakira Spiller
  • , Seton Henderson
  • , Jan Mehrtens
  • , George Lukas
  • , Kate Shepherd
  • , Nicole Percy
  • , Gabrielle Hanlon
  • , Jonathan Barrett
  • , Julie O’Donnell
  • , Edward Litton
  • , Annamaria Palermo
  • , Susan Pellicano
  • , Ege Eroglu
  • , Adrian Regli
  • , Shailesh Bihari
  • , Elisha Matheson
  • , Tapaswi Shrestha
  • , Xia Jin
  • , Russell Laver
  • , Craig French
  • , Samantha Bates
  • , Miriam Towns
  • , Yang Yang
  • , James Winearls
  • , Mandy Tallott
  • , Angelly Martinez
  • , Maimoonbe Gough
  • , Priscilla Harvey
  • , Neeraj Bhadange
  • , Kristine Ryan
  • , Shannon Treay
  • , Kellie Sosnowski
  • , Lynette Morrison
  • , Joanne Sutton
  • , Melanie Cooper
  • , Deborah Welsh
  • , Katherine Jongebloed Isabel
  • , Anne Leditschke
  • , Tony Williams
  • , Rima Song
  • , Vivian Lai
  • , Dinu Girijadevi
  • , Janet Liang
  • , Danielle Hacking
  • , Jason Meyer
  • , Emma Saylor
  • , Krista Wetzig
  • , Alexis Tabah
  • , Maree Duroux
  • , Ravikiran Sonawane
  • , Nicholas Ward
  • , Fiona Coyer
  • , Jennifer Palmer
  • , Lewis Campbell
  • , Margaret Phillips
  • , Rebecca Garcia
  • , Elizabeth Yarad
  • , Frances Bass
  • , Julia Piloswky
  • , Angela Ashelford
  • , Jennifer Coles
  • , David Gattas
  • , Heidi Buhr
  • , David Massey
  • , Matthew Anstey
  • , Rashmi Rauyinar
  • , Brad Wibrow
  • , Erina Myers
  • , Edward Litton
  • , Janet Ferrier
  • , Hergen Buscher
  • , Claire Reynolds
  • , John Santamaria
  • , Jennifer Holmes
  • , Peter Garrett
  • , Lauren Murray
  • , Loretta Forbes
  • , Teena Magurie
  • , Anna Tippett
  • , Rebecca Morgan
  • , Troy Browne
  • , Jennifer Goodson
  • , Jacqui Shippey
  • , Andrew Udy
  • , Meredith Young
  • , Jasmin Board
  • , Phoebe McCracken
  • , Emma Martin
  • , Shirley Vallance
  • , Adam Deane
  • , Deborah Barge
  • , Kathleen Byrne
  • , Sarah Doherty
  • , Adam Visser
  • , Judith Smith
  • , Robert Martynoga
  • , Sarah Rogers
  • , Amelia Butler
  • , Kara Trask
  • , Paul Young
  • , Anna Hunt
  • , Cassie Lawrence
  •  & Deborah Hendry

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Maiden, M.J., Bone, A., Fitzpatrick, M. et al. Physical restraint of patients in Australia and New Zealand intensive care units. Intensive Care Med 47, 234–236 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-020-06287-w

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