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Thomas Papadimos1 \*, Scott Pappada<sup>2</sup> , Michael Lyaker1 , James Papadimos3 and Andrew Casabianca<sup>2</sup>

1 Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA

2 Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, USA

3 The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, USA

\*Address all correspondence to: thomas.papadimos@osumc.edu

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