1The Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.
2Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA.
3Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA.
4Center for Healthcare Organization & Implementation Research, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial VA Hospital, Bedford, MA.
5The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH.
* See also p. 747.
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Dr. Wiener received support for article research from National Institutes of Health (NIH). She received grant K07 CA138772 and support from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Her institution received grant support from National Cancer Institute (NCI K07138772). Dr. Walkey received grants K01HL116768 and R21 HL112672 from the National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. He received royalties from UpToDate (weaning from mechanical ventilation chapter), support for travel from University of Michigan (visiting Professorship), and support for article research from NIH. His institution received grant support from the NIH (NHLBI R21 and K01 grants). Funding sources had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; and preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript. The remaining authors have disclosed that they do not have any potential conflicts of interest.
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