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Martins CDS, Maasdorp SD. Outcomes of patients with haematological malignancies and febrile neutropenia at the Universitas Academic Hospital multidisciplinary intensive care unit, Free State Province, South Africa. Afr J Thorac Crit Care Med 2023; 29:10.7196/AJTCCM.2023.v29i1.263. [PMID: 37476654 PMCID: PMC10354873 DOI: 10.7196/ajtccm.2023.v29i1.263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023] Open
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Background Mortality rates in patients with haematological malignancies who required intensive care unit (ICU) admission have in the past been high. More recently, however, improved outcomes for critically ill haematological patients have been reported. Objectives To determine outcomes, average length of ICU stay, and factors associated with mortality in patients with haematological malignancies and neutropenic fever in the multidisciplinary ICU (MICU) at Universitas Academic Hospital (UAH), Bloemfontein, Free State Province, South Africa. Methods We conducted a retrospective review of medical and laboratory records of all patients admitted to the UAH MICU with haematological malignancies and febrile neutropenia between 2010 and 2019. Results A total of 182 patients with haematological malignancies were admitted to the MICU between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2019, of whom 51 (28.0%) fulfilled the inclusion criteria for the study. The median age was 33 years, and 29 patients (56.9%) were female. Most patients had either acute myeloid leukaemia (n=22; 43.1%) or acute lymphocytic leukaemia (n=16; 31.4%), while B-cell lymphoma (n=12; 23.5%) and multiple myeloma (n=1; 2%) were less frequent. The median length of stay in the ICU was 3 days. ICU mortality was 76.5% and hospital mortality 82.4%. Factors associated with mortality included septic shock, vasoactive agent use and mechanical ventilation. Conclusion Patients with haematological malignancies and febrile neutropenia in the UAH MICU have high ICU and hospital mortality rates. More needs to be done with regard to timeous management of patients with haematological malignancies and septic shock in our setting to improve survival. Study synopsis This is the first study to report on ICU mortality of adult patients with haematological malignancies and neutropenic sepsis in a tertiary hospital ICU in the Free State. These patients had a high mortality rate. What the study adds. Our study shows that septic shock, vasoactive agent use and mechanical ventilation were associated with increased ICU mortality.Implications of the findings. Strict adherence to infection prevention and control measures in haematology wards is required. Early recognition and treatment of sepsis before it progresses to septic shock is important. ICUs must be designed so that isolation cubicles are readily available to prevent cross-infection of patients.
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- C D S Martins
- Division of Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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- Division of Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
- Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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Bıkmaz ŞGA, Gökçe O, Haşimoğlu MM, Boyacı N, Türkoğlu M, Yeğin ZA, Özkurt ZN, Yağcı AM. Risk factors for ICU mortality in patients with hematological malignancies: a singlecenter, retrospective cohort study from Turkey. Turk J Med Sci 2023; 53:340-351. [PMID: 36945922 PMCID: PMC10387870 DOI: 10.55730/1300-0144.5590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2022] [Indexed: 03/23/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Patients with hematological malignancies (HM) often require admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) due to organ failure, disease progression or treatment-related complications, and they generally have a poor prognosis. Therefore, understanding the factors affecting ICU mortality in HM patients is important. In this study, we aimed to identify the risk factors for ICU mortality in our critically ill HM patients. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of HM patients who were hospitalized in our medical ICU between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2018. We recorded some parameters of these patients and compared these parameters by statistically between survivors and nonsurvivors to determine the risk factors for ICU mortality. RESULTS The study included 368 critically ill HM patients who were admitted to our medical ICU during a 9-year period. The median age was 58 (49-67) years and 63.3% of the patients were male. Most of the patients (43.2%) had acute leukemia. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) was performed in 153 (41.6%) patients. The ICU mortality rate was 51.4%. According to univariable analyses, a lot of parameters (e.g., admission APACHE II and SOFA scores, length of ICU stay, some laboratory parameters at the ICU admission, the reason for ICU admission, comorbidities, type of HM, type of HSCT, infections on ICU admission and during ICU stay, etc.) were significantly different between survivors and nonsurvivors. However, only high SOFA scores at ICU admission (OR:1.281, p = 0.004), presence of septic shock (OR:17.123, p = 0.0001), acute kidney injury (OR:48.284, p = 0.0001), and requirement of invasive mechanical ventilation support during ICU stay (OR:23.118, p = 0.0001) were independent risk factors for ICU mortality. DISCUSSION In our cohort, critically ill HM patients had high ICU mortality. We found four independent predictors for ICU mortality. Yet, there is still a need for further research to better understand poor outcome predictors in critically ill HM patients.
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- Division of Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Division of Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Division of Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Division of Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
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Neves MT, Eiriz I, Tomás TC, Gama F, Almeida G, Monteiro FB, Lamas T, Simões I, Gaspar I, Carmo E. The Reality of Critical Cancer Patients in a Polyvalent Intensive Care Unit. Cureus 2021; 13:e13581. [PMID: 33796424 PMCID: PMC8005787 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.13581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Background and objective With the increasing incidence of cancer and the rise in the survival rates of cancer patients, more and more oncological candidates are being considered for admission to intensive care units (ICU). Several studies have demonstrated no difference in the outcomes of cancer patients compared to non-cancer patients. Our study aimed to describe and analyze the outcomes related to cancer patients in a polyvalent ICU. Methods We conducted a retrospective study of consecutive oncological patients admitted to a polyvalent ICU (2013-2017). Cox model and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis were performed to analyze the results. Results A total of 236 patients were included in the study; the mean age of the patients was 53.5 ± 15.3 years, and 65% of them were male. The main cancer types were those related to the central nervous system (CNS; 31%), as well as gastrointestinal (18%), genitourinary (17%), and hematological (15%). Curative/diagnostic surgeries (49%) and sepsis/septic shock (17%) were the main reasons for admission. The Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) and Simplified Acute Physiology Score II (SAPS II) scores in hematological patients vs. solid tumors were as follows: 30 vs. 20 and 63 vs. 38, respectively (p<0.005). Vasopressors, invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV), and renal replacement therapy (RRT) were used more widely in hematological patients compared to solid-tumor patients. Length of stay was longer in hematological patients vs. solid-tumor patients (12.8 vs. 7 days, p=0.002). The median overall survival in hematological patients was one month and that in solid-tumor patients was 5.8 months (p<0.005). The survival rate at six months was better than described in the existing literature (48 vs. 32.4%). Conclusion Both SAPS II and APACHE II scores were reasonably accurate in predicting mortality, demonstrating their value in cancer patients.
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- Maria Teresa Neves
- Oncology, Hospital São Francisco Xavier, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, PRT
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- Medical Oncology, Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Lisbon, PRT
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- Medical Oncology, Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Lisbon, PRT
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- Cardiology, Hospital Santa Cruz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, PRT
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- Polyvalent Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Egas Moniz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, PRT
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- Polyvalent Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Egas Moniz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, PRT
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- Polyvalent Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Egas Moniz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, PRT
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- Polyvalent Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Egas Moniz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, PRT
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- Polyvalent Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Egas Moniz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, PRT
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- Polyvalent Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Egas Moniz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, PRT
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Impact of hospitalization duration before medical emergency team activation: A retrospective cohort study. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0247066. [PMID: 33606743 PMCID: PMC7894955 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 01/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The rapid response system has been implemented in many hospitals worldwide and, reportedly, the timing of medical emergency team (MET) attendance in relation to the duration of hospitalization is associated with the mortality of MET patients. We evaluated the relationship between duration of hospitalization before MET activation and patient mortality. We compared cases of MET activation for early, intermediate, and late deterioration to patient characteristics, activation characteristics, and patient outcomes. We also aimed to determine the relationship, after adjusting for confounders, between the duration of hospitalization before MET activation and patient mortality. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively evaluated patients who triggered MET activation in general wards from March 2009 to February 2015 at the Asan Medical Center in Seoul. Patients were categorized as those with early deterioration (less than 2 days after admission), intermediate deterioration (2-7 days after admission), and late deterioration (more than 7 days after admission) and compared them to patient characteristics, activation characteristics, and patient outcomes. RESULTS Overall, 7114 patients were included. Of these, 1793 (25.2%) showed early deterioration, 2113 (29.7%) showed intermediate deterioration, and 3208 (45.1%) showed late deterioration. Etiologies of MET activation were similar among these groups. The clinical outcomes significantly differed among the groups (intensive care unit transfer: 34.1%, 35.6%, and 40.4%; p < 0.001 and mortality: 26.3%, 31.5%, and 41.2%; p < 0.001 for early, intermediate, and late deterioration, respectively). Compared with early deterioration and adjusted for confounders, the odds ratio of mortality for late deterioration was 1.68 (1.46-1.93). CONCLUSIONS Nearly 50% of the acute clinically-deteriorating patients who activated the MET had been hospitalized for more than 7 days. Furthermore, they presented with higher rates of mortality and ICU transfer than patients admitted for less than 7 days before MET activation and had mortality as an independent risk factor.
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Eren E, Alp E, Cevahir F, Tok T, Kılıç AU, Kaynar L, Yüksel RC. The Outcome of Fungal Pneumonia with Hematological Cancer. Infect Chemother 2020; 52:530-538. [PMID: 33377321 PMCID: PMC7779983 DOI: 10.3947/ic.2020.52.4.530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 10/11/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background Fungal pneumonia is a common infectious complication of hematological cancer (HC) patients. In this retrospective study, the objective was set to identify the risk factors and outcome of fungal pneumonia in adult HC patients. Materials and Methods This retrospective study was conducted with adult (>16 years) HC patients from January 2017 and December 2018. Results During the study period, of 181 patients included 76 were diagnosed with fungal pneumonia. The most common HC was identified as acute myeloid leukaemia (40%). Of the participating patients, 52 (29%) were hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients. The median age of patients with fungal pneumonia was significantly greater: 57 vs. 48 (odds ratio [OR]: 1.08) and they had longer hospitalization durations (OR: 1.14). Overall, 37 patients (20%) died, and 28-day mortality was significantly greater among patients with fungal pneumonia than without fungal pneumonia (33% vs. 11%). The most significant risk factors for mortality in fungal pneumonia were identified as need of intensive care unit (ICU) (OR: 191.2, P <0.001) and the need of vasopressor support (OR:81.6, P <0.012). ICU-mortality was (88%). Conclusion Fungal pneumonia is a lethal complication in HC patients. Intensive care need is the most important predictive factor for mortality.
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- Esma Eren
- Kayseri City Hospital, Infectious Disease Clinic, Kayseri, Turkey.
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- Unıversıty of Sakarya Applıed Scıences, Akyazı Vocational School of Health Services, Medical Services and Techniques Department, Sakarya, Turkey
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- Erciyes University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Erciyes University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Erciyes University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology, Kayseri, Turkey
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Lyons PG, Klaus J, McEvoy CA, Westervelt P, Gage BF, Kollef MH. Factors Associated With Clinical Deterioration Among Patients Hospitalized on the Wards at a Tertiary Cancer Hospital. J Oncol Pract 2019; 15:e652-e665. [PMID: 31306039 PMCID: PMC6694031 DOI: 10.1200/jop.18.00765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Patients hospitalized outside the intensive care unit (ICU) frequently experience clinical deterioration. Little has been done to describe the landscape of clinical deterioration among inpatients with cancer. We aimed to describe the frequency of clinical deterioration among patients with cancer hospitalized on the wards at a major academic hospital and to identify independent risk factors for clinical deterioration among these patients. METHODS This was a retrospective cohort study at a 1,300-bed urban academic hospital with a 138-bed inpatient cancer center. We included consecutive admissions to the oncology wards between January 1, 2014, and June 30, 2017. We defined clinical deterioration as the composite of ward death and transfer to the ICU. RESULTS We evaluated 21,219 admissions from 9,058 patients. The composite outcome occurred during 1,945 admissions (9.2%): 1,365 (6.4%) had at least one ICU transfer, and 580 (2.7%) involved ward death. Logistic regression identified several independent risk factors for clinical deterioration, including the following: age (odds ratio [OR], 1.33 per decade; 95% CI, 1.07 to 1.67), male sex (OR, 1.15; 95% CI, 1.05 to 1.33), comorbidities, illness severity (OR, 1.11; 95% CI, 1.10 to 1.13), emergency admission (OR, 1.45; 95% CI, 1.26 to 1.67), hospitalization on particular wards (OR, 1.525; 95% CI, 1.326 to 1.67), bacteremia (OR, 1.24; 95% CI, 1.01 to 1.52), fungemia (OR, 3.76; 95% CI, 1.90 to 7.41), tumor lysis syndrome (OR, 3.01; 95% CI, 2.41 to 3.76), and receipt of antimicrobials (OR, 2.04; 95% CI, 1.72 to 2.42) and transfusions (OR, 1.65; 95% CI, 1.42 to 1.92). CONCLUSION Clinical deterioration was common; it occurred in more than 9% of admissions. Factors independently associated with deterioration included comorbidities, admission source, infections, and blood product transfusion.
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- Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO
- Siteman Cancer Center, St Louis, MO
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- Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO
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And the award goes to..... Aust Crit Care 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/s1036-7314(19)30071-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Alp E, Tok T, Kaynar L, Cevahir F, Akbudak İH, Gündoğan K, Çetin M, Rello J. Response to the Letter to the Editor: Critically ill Haematological Cancer Patients: How far the Severity Index Score can determine the outcome and duration of Aggressive Support? Aust Crit Care 2018; 31:339. [PMID: 30415912 DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2018.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2018] [Accepted: 07/08/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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- Emine Alp
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey; Infection Control Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Haematology-Oncology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Infection Control Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Haematology-Oncology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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- CIBERES, Vall d'Hebron Institut of Research, Barcelona, Spain
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Pravinkumar SE, Soubani AO, Esquinas AM, Karim HM. Critically ill haematological cancer patients: How far the severity index score can determine the outcome and duration of aggressive support? Aust Crit Care 2018; 31:337-338. [PMID: 30420034 DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2018.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2018] [Accepted: 06/03/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, India.
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