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Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI.
² Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Infectious Diseases Research Program and Center of Innovation in Long Term Services and Supports, Providence, RI, and College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, and Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI.
³ Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Infectious Diseases Research Program and Center of Innovation in Long Term Services and Supports, Providence, RI, and College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, and Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI.

Comment

Keith A Corl et al. Crit Care Med. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec;48(12):e1371-e1372.

doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004681.

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI.
² Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Infectious Diseases Research Program and Center of Innovation in Long Term Services and Supports, Providence, RI, and College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, and Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI.
³ Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Infectious Diseases Research Program and Center of Innovation in Long Term Services and Supports, Providence, RI, and College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, and Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI.

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