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Affiliations

¹ Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
² Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.

Ashley M Bach et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2025.

. 2025 Jul 1;26(7):e965-e966.

doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000003766. Epub 2025 May 22.

¹ Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
² Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.

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Conflict of interest statement

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

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