Funding for this research was provided by:
Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust (N/A)
SLE (N/A)
NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London (N/A)
Article History
Received: 29 November 2019
Revised: 13 January 2020
Accepted: 15 January 2020
First Online: 25 January 2020
Compliance and ethical standards
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Professor Greenough has held grants from various manufacturers (Abbot Laboratories, MedImmune) and ventilator manufacturers (SLE). Professor Greenough has received honoraria for giving lectures and advising various manufacturers (Abbot Laboratories, MedImmune) and ventilator manufacturers (SLE). Professor Greenough is currently receiving a non-conditional educational grant from SLE.
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