The authors reply

Hye Ju Yeo^{1

2}, Woo Hyun Cho^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Research Institute for Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Republic of Korea.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.

Comment

Hye Ju Yeo et al. Crit Care Med. 2023.

. 2023 Nov 1;51(11):e250-e251.

doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006026. Epub 2023 Oct 12.

Hye Ju Yeo^{1

2}, Woo Hyun Cho^{1

2}

¹ Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Research Institute for Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Republic of Korea.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have disclosed that they do not have any potential conflict of interest.

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