1Department of Critical Care, A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil.
2Division of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil.
3Intensive Care Unit, Hospital da Luz, São Paulo, Brazil.
4Institute for Education and Research, Hospital Moinhos de Vento (HMV), Porto Alegre, Brazil.
5Institute for Education and Research, HMV, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
6Intensive Care Unit, HMV, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
*See also p. 1203.
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Supported, in part, by the Brazilian Ministry of Health through the Program of Institutional Development of the Brazilian Unified Health System (PROADI-SUS).
Drs. Robinson’s and Falavigna’s institutions received funding from the Brazilian Ministry of Health. Dr. Falavigna disclosed that he is an associate of a consulting and training company in Health Economics field called “HTAnalyze (www.htanalyze.com),” which provides services for both the public and private sectors. The remaining authors have disclosed that they do not have any potential conflicts of interest.
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