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Urayeneza, Olivier
Mujyarugamba, Pierre
Rukemba, Zacharie
Nyiringabo, Vincent
Ntihinyurwa, Polyphile
Baelani, John I.
Kwizera, Arthur
Bagenda, Danstan
Mer, Mervyn
Musa, Ndidiamaka
Hoffman, Julia T.
Mudgapalli, Ashok
Porter, Austin M.
Kissoon, Niranjan
Ulmer, Hanno
Harmon, Lori A.
Farmer, Joseph C.
Dünser, Martin W.
Patterson, Andrew J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Center of the College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University
Life Priority Fund
The Hellman Foundation
Article History
Received: 1 June 2018
Accepted: 4 June 2018
First Online: 28 June 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Dr. Mujyarugamba’s institution received funding from Gitwe Hospital. Dr. Nyiringabo received funding from the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM). Dr. Kwizera received travel and accommodation to assist in the training portion of the study. Dr. Bagenda received funding from SCCM and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM); he received support for article research from SCCM and ESICM, and he disclosed having two shares in Mylan NV. Dr. Mer received funding (honoraria for advisory boards and education talks delivered) from Pfizer, AstraZeneca, MSD, Gilead, Aspen, Sun, and 3 M. Ms. Harmon’s institution received funding from King Baudouin Foundation ($25,000), Hellman Foundation ($50,000), and BD Corporation (provided supplies of $5000 utilized for sepsis carts at Gitwe Hospital in Rwanda and a donation to the project of $2500, which was used for the cart purchases and instructional materials). Dr. Farmer received support for article research from the Hellman Foundation. Dr. Patterson received funding from American Board of Anesthesiology, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, SCCM, Society of Academic Anesthesiology Associations (paid partial expenses after inviting him to give presentations at the Annual Meeting in 2016), and Dickie McCamey LLC (paid expert witness for the defense); he disclosed that his son (Ryan) and daughter (Julia) both received grant funding for projects in Gitwe, Rwanda from the Hellman Foundation (which partially supported this current project via a grant to SCCM); and he received support for article research from the Hellman Foundation. The remaining authors have disclosed that they do not have any potential conflicts of interest.