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Affiliations

¹ Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
² Department of Pulmonology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.
³ Department of Anesthesia, University of Kentucky Healthcare, Lexington, KY.
⁴ Department of Anesthesia, University of Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI.

Colin McCloskey et al. Crit Care Med. 2025.

. 2025 Aug 1;53(8):e1691.

doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006746. Epub 2025 Aug 5.

¹ Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
² Department of Pulmonology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.
³ Department of Anesthesia, University of Kentucky Healthcare, Lexington, KY.
⁴ Department of Anesthesia, University of Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

Dr. McCloskey received funding from Medtronic Inc. The remaining authors have disclosed that they do not have any potential conflicts of interest.

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