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Cerebral Autoregulation: Igniting the Debate on Therapeutic Focus

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  1. Aarti Sarwal, Chiara Robba, Carla Venegas, Wendy Ziai, Marek Czosnyka and Deepak Sharma have contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Atrium Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA

    Aarti Sarwal

  2. Department of Neuro and General Intensive Care, Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy

    Chiara Robba

  3. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL, USA

    Carla Venegas

  4. Department of Neurology, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Wendy Ziai

  5. Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge-Professor-Emeritus of Brain Physics, Cambridge, UK

    Marek Czosnyka

  6. Neuroanesthesia & Perioperative Neuroscience, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Deepak Sharma

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Aarti Sarwal’s institution has received compensation for research support for her role as site investigator for conducting multicenter clinical trial from Bard, Biogen, Novartis and CVR Global, Inc. In addition, they have received compensation from National Institite of Health (NIH)/National Institute of Ageing (NIA) R01 AG066910-01 (Brinkley/Shaltout) for her role as a consultant for ultrasound image analysis in clinical research trials. She has received honorarium, free meeting registration and/or reimbursement of travel expenses for role as speaker at continuing medical education activities conducted by Society of Critical Care Medicine, Neurocritical Society, Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine, Indian Academy of Neurology, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, Intensive Care Society, American College of Chest Physicians, American Thoracic Society, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and American Association of Physical Therapists. She has received device loan from ImageMonitoring, Inc and Butterfly, Inc for supporting a research study. Chiara Robba has received payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations at educational events sponsored by General Electric (GE) and Masimo. Carla Venegas has nothing to disclose. Wendy Ziai is supported by the NIH and receives consulting fees from C.R. Bard, Inc. outside of the area of work commented on here. Marek Czosnyka gets royalties/licensing fees for ICM + software, consulting fees from Delica, Shenzan, China, honoraria for speaking engagement from Integra Lifesciences. Ltd. His institution is paid through research grants funded by National Institute of Health Research, Cambridge center. Deepak Sharma is the immediate Past President for Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology & Critical Care. He has received grant funding from AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality) for Transcranial Doppler simulation in cerebral vasospasm. He serve on scientific advisory board for Masimo corporation.

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Sarwal, A., Robba, C., Venegas, C. et al. Cerebral Autoregulation: Igniting the Debate on Therapeutic Focus. Neurocrit Care 39, 738–739 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-023-01841-y

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