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¹Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Hôtel Dieu, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, University Paris Descartes, Paris, France; Département de Santé Publique, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, AP-HP, Boulogne, France; and UPRES EA2506, University Versailles-Saint Quentin, Paris, France; Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Hôtel Dieu, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, University Paris Descartes, Paris, France; Service de Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, and U707, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Paris, France; Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Hôtel Dieu, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, University Paris Descartes, Paris, France; Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Hôtel Dieu, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, University Paris Descartes, Paris, France; on behalf of the CUB-REA Group.

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