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¹ Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, davidhaomd@gmail.com.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
³ Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

David Hao et al. Anesth Analg. 2024.

. 2024 Sep 1;139(3):e22-e23.

doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007099. Epub 2024 Aug 16.

¹ Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, davidhaomd@gmail.com.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
³ Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

No abstract available

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