Dr Januzzi reports having received grant support, consulting fees, and speaking fees from Roche Diagnostics, Inc. JLJ conceived the study, procured study funds, performed data analysis, and drafted the manuscript.
These include procuring the study agents, selecting appropriate study method and clinical trial design, navigating through regulatory obstacles, and obtaining funding.
AEH, AM, CFM procured the study funding.
LD, AH, CM, CH, KB, CB, IG, NG, AS and AM procured the study funding.
AL, NC, AH, CH, PT, RS, CM and SJ procured the study funding.
Most of the information procured from ultrasonic study of fluids is confined to the determination of hydration number and compressibility (Shilo 1958; Stuher et al. 1965; Braginskayu and Sodikharu 1975).
Patient blood was procured for this study by Open Biosystems (www.openbiosystems.com).
The drugs procured in this study were readily available over-the-counter without a prescription in Delhi and Chennai pharmacies, including all anti-infectives shown in Table 1.
IBH conceived of the study, procured the data and performed statistical analyses.
KAP helped conceive of the study, procure the funding, direct data acquisition and drafted the manuscript.
