From the Department of Intensive Care (RB), Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia; Division of Nursing (MA), University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Department of Biostatistics (MB), Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Center, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Critical Care Medicine (RB), St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK; Department of Nursing (GC, KSP), Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, IA; Department of Medical Intensive Care (VD, EJ), Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando, FL; Department of Intensive Care Medicine (AH), University of Lund Hospital, Lund, Sweden; Department of Intensive Care Medicine (DK), Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; Division of Nursing (ML), Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, CT; Department of Critical Care Medicine (JR), Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, CT; Department of Nursing (KS), Reinier Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, Melrose MA; Department of Intensive Care Medicine (PT), Reinier de Graaf Hospital, Delft, The Netherlands.
*See also p. 2509.
Dr. Tangkau received a study grant from Phillips International. The remaining authors have not disclosed any potential conflicts of interest.
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Dr. Bellomo acts as paid consultant for Philips Medical, the manufacturers of the MP5 monitors used in this study. Dr. Bellomo takes responsibility for the integrity and accuracy of the data. Drs. Bellomo and Bailey take responsibility for the statistical analysis of the data.
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