Atul Prabhakar Kulkarni MD (Anaesthesiology) FISCCM PGDHHM FICCM Professor and Head, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaKapil Gangadhar Zirpe MBBS MD (Chest) FICCM FCCM FSNCC Head, Department of Neuro-Trauma, Intensive Care Unit, Grant Medical Foundation, Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune, Maharashtra, IndiaSubhal Bhalchandra Dixit MD (Medicine) FCCM FICCM FICP Director, Department of Critical Care ICU, Sanjeevan and MJM Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India

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