1Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
2Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
3Department of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD.
4University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD.
5Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
This work was performed at the University of Maryland Medical Center, 22 South Greene St., Baltimore, MD.
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Dr. Verceles received support from R21AG050890, and the University of Maryland Claude D. Pepper Center (AG-P30 AG028747).
Dr. Wiegand disclosed that she is a board member for the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association. Dr. Shah received funding from Silverstein LLP and ATS. The remaining authors have disclosed that they do not have any potential conflicts of interest.
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