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. 2023 Jul 1;51(7):967-970.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005874. Epub 2023 Jun 15.

Driving Pressure: What Is the Harm?

Jonathan E Millar  1 , Daniel F McAuley  2 , John J Marini  3
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Driving Pressure: What Is the Harm?

Jonathan E Millar et al. Crit Care Med. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. McAuley’s institution received funding from Randox, the National Institutes for Health Research, Wellcome Trust, Innovate UK, Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Research & Development, and the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine; he received funding from Bayer, GlaxoSmithKline, Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis, Eli Lilly, SOBI, Vir Biotechnology, Faron Pharmaceuticals, and Novavax; he disclosed that his spouse had received fees from Queen’s University Belfast. The remaining authors have disclosed that they do not have any potential conflicts of interest.

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