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1 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Ave, Toronto M4N 3M5, ON, Canada

2 Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, 155 College St, Toronto M5T IP8, Ontario, Canada

3 Provincial Centre of Weaning Excellence, Toronto East General Hospital, Toronto, Canada

4 Li Ka Shing Institute, St Michael’s Hospital, 30 Bond St, Toronto M5B 1W8, ON, Canada

5 West Park Healthcare Centre, University of Toronto, 155 College St, Toronto M5T IP8, Ontario, Canada

6 Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anesthesiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, Netherlands

7 Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, University Rd, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK

8 Department of Pediatrics, Sainte-Justine Hospital, University of Montreal, 3175 Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montreal H3T 1C5, QC, Canada

9 Regional Intensive Care Unit, Royal Victoria Hospital, Centre for Infection and Immunity, Queen’s University of Belfast, University Rd, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK

10 Centre for Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Dentistry Biomedical Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, University Rd, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK