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. 2025 Aug 1;53(8):e1698-e1699.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006730. Epub 2025 Aug 5.

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Walter Dzik et al. Crit Care Med. .
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Drs. Dzik’s, Healy’s, Paik’s, Brunker’s, and Collins’ institutions received funding from the Harvard Risk Management Foundation and the Robert and Evelyn Luick Foundation. Dr. Dzik received funding from Elsevier Publications. Drs. Dzik and North received support for article research from the Harvard Risk Management Foundation and the Robert and Evelyn Luick Foundation. Dr. Paik’s institution received funding from Novartis and Genzyme; he received support for article research from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Brunker received funding from Safi Biotherapeutics. Dr. Makar’s institution received funding from the Harvard Risk Management Foundation. The remaining authors have disclosed that they do not have any potential conflicts of interest.

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