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Nakashima, Tsuyoshi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2716-8861
Miyamoto, Kyohei
Shima, Nozomu
Kato, Seiya
Kawazoe, Yu
Ohta, Yoshinori
Morimoto, Takeshi
Yamamura, Hitoshi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Hospira Japan (none)
Article History
Received: 11 September 2019
Accepted: 20 November 2019
First Online: 2 January 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was a post hoc subgroup analysis of the DESIRE trial, which was a randomized controlled trial conducted among 8 ICUs in Japan. The participating institutions were Osaka City University, Osaka City General Hospital, Hyogo College of Medicine, Saga University Hospital, National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center, Sapporo Medical University, Yamaguchi Grand Medical Center, and Wakayama Medical University. The ethical review boards of all relevant institutions approved the study protocol, and all participants provided written informed consent prior to enrolment.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.