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  1. Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, SickKids Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Jason Hayes MD, FRCPC

  2. Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine and Program in Child Health Evaluative Sciences, SickKids Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Kazuyoshi Aoyama MD, PhD

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Hayes, J., Aoyama, K. In reply: Comment on: The fragility index of randomized controlled trials in pediatric anesthesiology. Can J Anesth/J Can Anesth 71, 165–166 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-023-02659-0

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