1Department of Otolaryngology; Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
2Department of Otolaryngology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
3Department of Pharmacy Services; Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
4Department of Pharmacy Services; Gulf Coast Veteran’s Health Care System, Pensacola, Florida, USA.
Received April 21, 2022; accepted September 3, 2022; published online ahead of print November 15, 2022.
T.A.T, A.L.B, and H.G.R conceived the original idea. This was also discussed with T.A.M and S.A.N. Eventually, all authors discussed and agreed with the main focus and ideas of this paper. T.A.T, A.L.B, and H.G.R developed the inclusion and exclusion criteria. These were further discussed with T.A.M and S.A.N before proceeding with data curation which was initially performed by T.A.T and A.L.B and finished by S.S.J and T.C. S.S.J and T.C. performed the data analysis and results were discussed among all the authors. The main text of the paper was written by S.S.J and T.C. and subsequently edited by T.A.T, A.L.B, T.A.M, S.A.N, and H.G.R. S.S.J led the project with significant help from T.C.
The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
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Address for correspondence: Seth S. Jeong, Department of Otolaryngology, Medical University of South Carolina, 135 Rutledge Ave, MSC 550, Charleston, SC 29425. E-mail: [email protected]
