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Correspondence: dhager1@jhmi.edu
All authors participated in the design and writing of the study protocol.
DNH drafted the manuscript.
DNH, MHH, and GSM revised the manuscript on the basis of input from all other authors.
All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
The authors are deeply indebted to the following individuals for their administrative and scientific support of the VICTAS trial: Lindsay Eyzaguirre, Jessica S. Marlin, Caroline Rudolph, and Fred Sanfilippo, MD, PHD.
EWE reports funding for the VICTAS trial to his institution from the Marcus Foundation and has received honoraria from Pfizer, Orion, and Masimo for continuing medical education activities (no speakers’ bureaus or stocks and so on).
DNH, GRB, AH, JSH, JCJ, REM, and RER report funding for the VICTAS trial to his institution from the Marcus Foundation.
CJL was named as co-inventor on patents related to risk stratification in septic shock.
AM and KV are salaried employees of Berry Consulting, which is under contract with Emory University to support the design work and execution of the VICTAS trial.
DWW reports the grant for the VICTAS trial to his institution from the Marcus Foundation as well as grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, the Department of Defense, NICO Corporation, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
JES reports grants for the VICTAS trial to his institution from the Marcus Foundation, funding from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, and a stipend from the Society of Critical Care Medicine to support his editorial position for the journal Critical Care Medicine.
GSM reports grants for the VICTAS trial to his institution from the Marcus Foundation as well as grants from the NIH and Bristol-Myers Squibb to his institution.
MHH, LWB, ABF, DFG, GDK and ML declare that they have no competing interests.
Funding for VICTAS was provided by contract to Emory University, the study sponsor, by the Marcus Foundation.
Nova Biomedical provided material support in the form of loaned POC glucometers to some participating sites.
The contact at the sponsoring site is Jonathan Sevransky (jsevran@emory.edu).
© 2019 The Author(s).