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¹ Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science and the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

² Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY.

Dr. Marshall’s institution received funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research; he received funding from Society of Critical Care Medicine, AM Pharma, and Gilead Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Deutschman’s institution received funding from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences; he received funding from Society of Critical Care Medicine, Enlivex Inc, ICON Data Management, and Pfizer; he received support for article research from the National Institutes of Health.

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