BMI: body mass index; SpO2: percutaneous oxygen saturation.
Declarations
Author contributions
BMA: Investigation, Data curation, Writing—original draft. JDG: Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing—review & editing, Formal analysis, Visualization. Both authors read and approved the submitted version.
Conflicts of interest
Jennifer D. Goldman reports receiving honoraria for educational speaking engagements and advisory activities from Novo Nordisk and Lilly. These relationships are outside the scope of the present manuscript and unrelated to the clinical topic discussed. The companies had no role in the conception, preparation, review, or submission of this manuscript. The other author declares that there are no conflicts of interest.
Ethical approval
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Consent to participate
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