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  1. Department of anesthesiology and intensive care unit, North Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux, service d’anesthésie et de réanimation, hôpital Nord, Chemin des Bourrely, Universitaires de Marseille, Aix Marseille University, 13015, Marseille, France

    Marc Leone

  2. Centre for Nutrition and Cardiovascular Disease (C2VN), INSERM, INRAE, Aix Marseille University, 13005, Marseille, France

    Marc Leone

  3. Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anesthesiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centre Location AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Nicole P. Juffermans

  4. OLVG Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Nicole P. Juffermans

  5. Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

    Nathan D. Nielsen

  6. Section of Transfusion Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

    Nathan D. Nielsen

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ML, NPJ and NDN conceived the manuscript, assessed the literature and wrote the draft and final version of the manuscript.

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Leone, M., Juffermans, N.P. & Nielsen, N.D. Ten tips on fever. Intensive Care Med 49, 587–590 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-023-07049-0

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