*Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE
†Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH
‡Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine
§Department of Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
∥Department of Thoracic Surgery
¶Department of Medicine, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN
An early version of this work was presented as an abstract/poster at ATS, May 16, 2016. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 193;2016:A3385.
C.A.L., J.K.P., F.M., O.B.R., Z.D., R.J.L., E.S.L., and E.L.G.: study concept and design. C.A.L., J.K.P., and R.J.L.: acquisition of data. C.A.L., J.K.P., F.M., Z.D., and R.J.L.: drafting of the manuscript.
Disclosure: There is no conflict of interest or other disclosures.
Correspondence: Robert J. Lentz, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary & Critical Care, 1161 21st Avenue South, T-1218 MCN, Nashville, TN 37232-2650 (e-mail: [email protected]).