Reply: COVID-19 Mortality Differences: Patient-related Data and Intensive Care Unit Load Are Prerequisites

Mitsuaki Nishikimi¹, Daniel Jafari^{1

2}, Muhammad Shoaib^{1

2}, Lance B Becker^{1

2}

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Comment

Mitsuaki Nishikimi et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Sep.

. 2022 Sep;19(9):1624-1625.

doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202204-313LE.

Mitsuaki Nishikimi¹, Daniel Jafari^{1

2}, Muhammad Shoaib^{1

2}, Lance B Becker^{1

2}

¹ Northwell Health Manhasset, New York.
² Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Hempstead, New York.

No abstract available

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