The authors reply

Javier Fernandez^{1

2}, Nestor David Toapanta¹, Miquel Lozano³

Affiliations

¹ Liver ICU, Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS and CIBERehd, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
² EF Clif, EASL-CLIF Consortium, Barcelona, Spain.
³ Apheresis Unit, Hemotherapy and Hemostasis Department, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

Comment

Javier Fernandez et al. Crit Care Med. 2021.

. 2021 Jun 1;49(6):e652-e653.

doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004992.

Javier Fernandez^{1

2}, Nestor David Toapanta¹, Miquel Lozano³

¹ Liver ICU, Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS and CIBERehd, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
² EF Clif, EASL-CLIF Consortium, Barcelona, Spain.
³ Apheresis Unit, Hemotherapy and Hemostasis Department, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Lozano received funding from Grifols. The remaining authors have disclosed that they do not have any potential conflicts of interest.

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