1 Department of Critical Care, Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
2 Department of Critical Care, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
3 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Pneumológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
4 Department of Critical Care, DF-Star Rede D’Or na Rede D’Or São Luiz, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
5 Department of Critical Care, Hospital Universitário da Universidade Federal do Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil.
This study was carried out at Hospital de Urgência de Rio Branco (Acre), Fundação Hospitalar Adriano Jorge (Amazonas), Hospital Geral Clériston Andrade (Bahia), Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Feira de Santana (Bahia), Hospital de Urgências de Goiânia (Goiás), Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Minas Gerais), Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São João Del Rei (Minas Gerais), Hospital Regional do Baixo Amazonas (Pará), Hospital Alberto UrquizaWanderley (Paraíba), Hospital Universitário Alcides Carneiro (Paraíba), Hospital Universitário LauroWanderley (Paraíba), Hospital do Câncer de Cascavel (Paraná), Hospital Universitário do Oeste do Paraná (Paraná), Hospital Agamenom Magalhães (Pernambuco), Hospital Universitário da Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco (Pernambuco), Hospital Universitário da Universidade Federal do Piauí (Piauí), Hospital Geral de Nova Iguaçu (Rio de Janeiro), Hospital Deoclécio Marques de Lucena (Rio Grande do Norte), Fundação Saúde Pública de Esteio (Rio Grande do Sul), Hospital Ana Nery (Rio Grande do Sul), Hospital da Cidade de Passo Fundo (Rio Grande do Sul), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul), Hospital Dom Vicente Scherer (Rio Grande do Sul), Hospital Mãe de Deus (Rio Grande do Sul), Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Rio Grande do Sul), Hospital Montenegro (Rio Grande do Sul), Hospital Santa Cruz (Rio Grande do Sul), Hospital Santa Rita (Rio Grande do Sul), Hospital Tacchini (Rio Grande do Sul), Pavilhão Pereira Filho (Rio Grande do Sul), Hospital Dona Helena (Santa Catarina), Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (São Paulo), and Hospital do Coração (São Paulo).
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Supported, in part, by the Brazilian Ministry of Health through the Brazilian Unified Health System Institutional Development Program (PROADI-SUS).
Drs. Rosa, Sganzerla, Schneider, Robinson, Kochhann, da Silva, Medeiros, and Falavigna report grants from Brazilian Ministry of Health during the conduct of study. Drs. Rosa’s, Sganzerla’s, and Medeiros’s institutions received funding from Brazilian Ministry of Health. Dr. da Silva received funding from Brazilian Ministry of Health. Dr. Amaral’s institution received funding from Hospital Moinhos de Vento. Drs. Amaral, Prestes, and Medeiros disclosed government work. Dr. Prestes’ institution received funding from Hospital Universitário da Universidade Federal do Piauí. Dr. Falavigna received funding from Roche, Novartis, Abbvie, Boehringer Ingelheim, Ultragenix, PTC Therapeutics, and Sanofi Genzime, and he received support for article research from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The remaining authors have disclosed that they do not have any potential conflicts of interest.
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