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Conflicts of Interest: David A. Kaminsky has received royalties from UptoDate, Inc., outside the submitted work; speaker honoraria received from MGC Diagnostics, Inc., outside the submitted.

Conflicts of Interest: Jeffrey Haynes has received consulting fees from Morgan Scientific, Inc, outside the submitted work; Honoraria from American Association for Respiratory Care, Respiratory Care Society of Washington State, Pennsylvania Society for Respiratory Care, and Ohio Respiratory Care Society, outside the submitted work; support for attending meetings and/or travel from American Association for Respiratory Care, and National Board for Respiratory Care, outside the submitted work; Trustee for National Board for Respiratory Care, outside the submitted work.

Conflicts of Interest: Gregg Ruppel has received consulting fees from National Board for Respiratory Care, outside the submitted work; speaker fees or honoraria received from MGC Diagnostics, outside the submitted work.