DavidJulianKramerMDFACP

Pulmonology • Milwaukee, WI

Critical Care Medicine

Medical Director, Aurora Critical Care Service

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Office
2900 W Oklahoma Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53215
Phone+1 414-649-6000

Fax+1 414-649-6282

Summary

Dr. David Kramer is an intensivist in Milwaukee, WI and is the medical director of the Aurora Critical Care Service. He is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Aurora Sinai Medical Center, Aurora West Allis Medical Center and Aurora Medical Center Grafton. He received his medical degree from Sidney Kimmel Medical College and has been in practice 34 years. He specializes in critical care medicine and is experienced in acute lung injury/ARDS, pulmonary hypertension, hepatology, transplant hepatology, sepsis.

Education & Training

UPMC Medical Education/Presbyterian Shadyside HospitalFellowship, Critical Care Medicine, 1986 - 1988
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUHResidency, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1986
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityClass of 1983
Brandeis UniversityBA, Chemistry, Cum Laude, 1975 - 1979

Certifications & Licensure

IL State Medical License 2021 - 2026
WI State Medical License 2011 - 2025
FL State Medical License 2001 - 2017
PA State Medical License 1984 - 2016
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Legacy of Life National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin, 2014
Distinguished Alumnus University of Pittsburgh, 2013
Top Teacher in Intensive Care Medicine Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Residents Program, 2005
Faculty of the Year Critical Care Medicine Fellowship University of Pittsburgh, 2001
Teacher of the Year (Nominee) Department of Anesthesiology Residency University of Pittsburgh, 2000
Faculty of the Year (Nominee) Critical Care Medicine Fellowship University of Pittsburgh, 1994
Outstanding Clinical Teacher Critical Care Medicine Fellowship University of Pittsburgh, 1994
Outstanding Clinician Critical Care Medicine Fellowship University of Pittsburgh, 1994, 1996, 1998-1999
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Clinical Trials

Monitoring Organ Donors to Increase Transplantation Results (MOnIToR) Start of enrollment: 2009 Aug 01
Completed
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

200 citations
Management of the critically ill patient with cirrhosis: A multidisciplinary perspective
Mitra K. Nadim, François Durand, John A. Kellum, Josh Levitsky, Jacqueline G. O'Leary
Journal of Hepatology. 2016-03-01
80 citations
First Clinical Use of a Novel Bioartificial Liver Support System (BLSS)
George V. Mazariegos, John F. Patzer, Roberto Lopez, Mauricio Giraldo, Michael E. DeVera
American Journal of Transplantation. 2002-03-01
52 citations
Quantification of thrombelastographic changes after blood component transfusion in patients with liver disease in the intensive care unit.
Douglas G. Clayton, Adelaida M. Miro, David J. Kramer, Nathaniel Rodman, Stanley Wearden
Anesthesia and Analgesia. 1995-08-01

Journal Articles

Perioperative management of the liver transplant recipient
Kramer DJ, Siegal EM, Frogge SJ, Chadha MS, Crit Care Clin, 1/1/2019
Increase in the circulating endocannabinoid 2-Arachidonoylglycerol is associated with gabapentin use in septic ICU patients
Raff H, Kramer DJ, Hillard CJ, Endocrine, 1/1/2017
Dissociation of ACTH and cortisol in septic and non-septic ICU patients
Raff, H., Biru, N., Reisinger, N. Kramer DJ, Endocrine, 1/1/2017
Scedosporiosis in a combined kidney and liver transplant recipient: A case report of possible transmission from a near-drowning donor
Leeks R, Aldag E, Nadeem I, Gunabushanam V, Sahajpal A, Kramer DJ, Walsh TJ, Case Reports in Transplantation, 1/1/2016
En Bloc Liver Kidney Transplantation Using Donor Splenic Artery as Inflow to the Kidney: Report of Two Cases
Gunabushanam V, Clendenon J, Aldag E, Chadha M, Kramer D, Steers J & Sahajpal A, Am J Transplant, 1/1/2016
Evaluation of the effects of N-Acetylcysteine treatment in adult liver transplant recipients
Farrell SJ, Aldag E, Pedersen R, Sahajpal A, Clendenon J, Gunabushanam V, Kramer DJ, J Pharm Soc of Wis, 1/1/2016
Perioperative care of the liver transplant patient
Keegan MT and Kramer DJ, Crit Care Clin, 1/1/2016
The liver in critical illness
Damm TW and Kramer DJ, Crit Care Clin, 1/1/2016
Management of the critically ill patient with cirrhosis: A multidisciplinary perspective
Nadim MK, Durand F, Kellum JA, Levitsky J, O�Leary JG, Karvellas CJ, Bajaj JS, Davenport A, Jalan R, Angeli P, Caldwell SH, Fern�ndez J, Francoz C, Garcia-Tsao G, Gin�..., Hepatol, 1/1/2016
Agonal period in donation after cardiac death donors
Taner CB, Bulatao IG, Perry DK, Sibulesky L, Willingham DL, Kramer DJ, Nguyen JH, Transplant International, 1/1/2013
A heart of stone: A case of acute development of cardiac calcification and hemodynamic collapse
Austin CO, Kramer D, Canabal J, Krishna M, Mergo P, Shapiro BP, J Cardiovasc Computed Tomography, 1/1/2013
Outcomes following liver transplantation in intensive care unit patients
Sibulesky L, Heckman MG, Taner CB, Canabal JM, Diehl NN, Perry DK, Willingham DL, Pungpapong S, Rosser BG, Kramer DJ, Nguyen JH, World Journal of Hepatology, 1/1/2013
Is a mandatory intensive care unit stay needed after liver transplantation? Feasibility of fast-tracking to the surgical ward after liver transplantation
Taner CB, Willingham DL, Bulatao IG, Shine TS, Peiris P, Torp KD, Canabal J, Nguyen JH, Kramer DJ, Liver Transplantation, 1/1/2012
Asystole to cross-clamp period predicts development of biliary complications in liver transplantation using donation after cardiac death donors
Taner CB, Bulatao IG, Perry DK, Sibulesky L, Willingham DL, Kramer DJ, Nguyen JH, Transplant International, 1/1/2012
Liver transplantation in the critically ill: Donation after cardiac death compared to donation after brain death grafts
Taner CB, Bulatao IG, Arasi LC, Perry DK, Willingham DL, Sibulesky L, Rosser BG, Canabal JM, Nguyen JH, Kramer DJ, Annals of Hepatology, 1/1/2012
Improving graft survival after liver transplantation
Dickson RC, Pungpapong S, Keaveny AP, Taner BC, Ghabril M, Aranda-Michel J, Satyanarayana R, Bonatti H, Kramer DJ, Nguyen, Clinical Transplantation, 1/1/2011
Long term outcomes after third liver transplant
Taner CB, Balci D, Willingham DL, Keaveny A, Rosser BG, Canabal JM, Shine TSJ, Harnois DM, Kramer DJ, Nguyen JH, Experimental and Clinical Transplantation, 1/1/2011
Intraoperative intracardiac thrombosis in a liver transplant patient
Sibulesky L, Peiris PP, Taner CB, KramerDJ, Canabal JM, Nguyen JH, World Journal of Hepatology, 1/1/2010
Automated prone positioning and axial rotation in critically ill, non-trauma patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Bajwa,AA, Arasi LC, Canabal JM, Kramer DJ, J of Intensive Care Med, 1/1/2010
Management of sepsis in patients with liver failure
Canabal JM, Kramer DJ, Current Opinion in Critical Care, 1/1/2008
Septic shock in acute liver failure
Kramer DJ, Journal of Critical Care, 1/1/2008
Therapeutic hypothermia for acute liver failure: toward a randomized, controlled trial in patients with advanced hepatic encephalopathy
Stravitz RT, Lee WM, Kramer AH, Kramer DJ, Hynan L, Blei AT, Neurocritical Care, 1/1/2008
Severity of illness scoring in fulminant hepatic failure
Kramer DJ, Critical Care Medicine, 1/1/2006
Peritonitis after liver transplantation: Incidence, risk factors, microbiology profiles and outcome
Pungpapong S, Alvarez S, Hellinger WC, Kramer DJ, Willingham DL, Mendez JC, Nguyen JH, Hewitt WR, Aranda-Michel J, Harnois DM, Rosser BG, Hughes CB, Grewal HP, Satyana..., Liver Transpl, 1/1/2006
Pneumonia after liver transplant
Aduen JF, Hellinger WC, Kramer DJ, Stapelfeldt WH, Crook JE, Steers JL, Burger CD, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 1/1/2005
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Books/Book Chapters

Hepatic Critical Care
Chapter: The liver in systemic critical illness
Damm TW, Dagar G, Kramer DJEditors: Nanchal R, Subramanian R.Springer2018
Zakim And Boyer�s Hepatology: A textbook of liver disease
Chapter: Acute Liver Failure
Stravitz RT and Kramer DJEditors: Boyer TD; Manns MP; Sanyal AJ.Saunders/Elsevier, Philadelphia, PAEdition 6th,2012
The Interface of Neurology of Internal Medicine
Chapter: Management of Acute Liver Failure: Emphasis on Neurologic Complications
Kramer DJ, Eidelman BEditors: Biller J.Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA2008
The Interface of Neurology of Internal Medicine
Chapter: Section V: Liver Diseases/Biliary System
Kramer DJ and Eidelman BEditors: Biller J.Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia2008
Textbook of critical care
Chapter: Liver Transplantation
Kramer DJEditors: Fink MP.Elsevier Saunders, Philadelphia, PAEdition 5th,2005
Saunders Manual of Critical Care
Chapter: Chapter 129: Fulminant hepatic failure
Kramer DJEditors: Kruse JA, Fink MP, Carlson RW.Saunders/Elsevier Science, Philadelphia, PA2003
Saunders Manual of Critical Care
Chapter: Chapter 128: Viral hepatitis
Kramer DJEditors: Kruse JA, Fink MP, Carlson RW.Saunders/Elsevier Science, Philadelphia, PA2003
Saunders Manual of Critical Care
Chapter: Chapter 127: Acute alcoholic hepatitis
Kramer DJEditors: Kruse JA, Fink MP, Carlson RW.Saunders/Elsevier Science, Philadelphia, PA2003
Textbook of Critical Care
Chapter: Intensive Care of Liver Transplant Recipients
Kramer DJ, Mazariegos GV, Fung JJEditors: Grenvik A, Ayers S, Holbrook P, and Shoemaker W.W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, PAEdition 4th,2000
Principles and Practice of Intensive Care Monitoring
Chapter: Liver Function Monitoring in the Critically Ill Patient
Kramer DJEditors: Tobin M.McGraw-Hill Publisher, New York1998
Avances en transplante de organos abdominales
Chapter: Chapter 6: Cuidados intensivos en el fallo hepatico fulminante (Intensive Care of Fulminant Hepatic Failure)
Kramer DJEditors: Jimenez C, Riano D, Moreno E, Jabbour N.Duadecon, S.L., Madrid Spain1997
Critical Care Management: Case Studies--Tricks and Traps
Chapter: Water, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance in Hepatic Cirrhosis
Kellum JA, Kramer DJEditors: Park G, Pinsky MR.W.B. Saunders Company, LTD, London1997
Textbook of Critical Care
Chapter: Chapter 184: Pancreas and Islet Cell Transplantation
Angus DC, Kramer DJ, Ricordi C, Tzakis AEditors: S Ayers, A Grenvik, P Holbrook, and W Shoemaker.WB Saunders Co, PhiladelphiaEdition 3rd,1995
Textbook of Critical Care
Chapter: Chapter 181: Liver Transplantation
Kramer DJ, Gordon R, Selby R, Starzl TEditors: S Ayers, Grenvik A, P Holbrook and W Shoemaker.WB Saunders Co, PhiladelphiaEdition 3rd,1995
The Pharmacologic Approach to the Critically Ill Patient
Chapter: Chapter 62: Immunosuppressive therapy of transplant patients
Rosenbloom AJ, Kramer DJ, Stein KL, Grenvik AEditors: Chernow B.Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore1994
Liver Transplantation Update (Manejo Perioperatorio de Transplante Hepatico)
Chapter: Chapter 35: Fulminant Hepatic Failure (Trasplante hepatico ortotopico en el fallo hepatico fulminante)
Kramer D, Riano D, Davila PAEditors: Riano D, Davila PA, Jimenez C, Gonzalez EM.Editorial Libro Del Ano General Peron, Madrid1993
Pathophysiologic Foundations of Critical Care
Chapter: Chapter 5: Bacteremia and Sepsis: Clinical Perspectives
Angus DC, Kramer DJEditors: Pinsky MR and Dhainaut JFA.Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore1992
Clinical Anesthesiology:Practice and Research: Intensive Care--Developments and Controversies
Chapter: Chapter 4: Advances in transplantation
Doyle HR, Kramer DJ, Marino IR, Angus D, Gayowski TEditors: Webster and Bodenham.Bailliere Tindall, London1992
Care of the Critically Ill Patient
Chapter: Chapter 3: Cardiopulmonary Interaction
Pinsky MR, Kramer DJEditors: Tinker J and Zapol W.Springer-Verlag, New York1992
Temas Selectos De Higado E Hipertension Porta
Chapter: Chapter 26: Liver Transplantation: Early Post Operative Management. Proceedings of Fourth International Congress of Liver Surgery and Portal Hypertension (Invitat al IV Curso Internacional de Cirug
Kramer DJ1991
Temas Selectos De Higado E Hipertension Porta
Chapter: Chapter 25: Medical Complications after Liver Transplantation. Proceedings of Fourth International Congress of Liver Surgery and Portal Hypertension (Invitat al IV Curso Internacional de Cirugiia d
Kramer DJInstituto Nacional de la Nutricion �Salvador Zubiran�, Tlalpan, Mexico1991
Temas Selectos De Higado E Hipertension Porta
Chapter: Chapter 25: Liver Graft Rejection. Proceedings of Fourth International Congress of Liver Surgery and Portal Hypertension Invita al IV Curso Internacional de Cirugia de Higado e Hipertension Porta
Kramer DJInstituto Nacional de la Nutricion, Salvador Zubiran, Tlalpan, Mexico1991
Critical Care Medicine
Chapter: Chapter 24: Post Operative Intensive Care of Liver Transplantation Patients
Grenvik A, Stein KL, Kramer DJEditors: Hoyt J, Tonnessen A, Allen S.W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia1991
Intensive Care Medicine
Chapter: Chapter 171: Peri-operative Intensive Care of Liver Transplant Patients
Kramer DJ, Selby R, Murray GCEditors: Rippe JM, Irwin RS, Alpert S.Little, Brown, and Company, Boston1991
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Abstracts/Posters

Impact of obesity on ventilator-associated events
Nezami B, Peterson LM, Klumph M, Reindl L, Kram J, Singh M, Kramer DJ, SCCM, 1/1/2019
Bedside microbiologic inoculation of ascites fluid: Still the standard
Arizmendez N, Beck E, Kramer DJ, Siegal E, SCCM, 1/1/2019
High rate of linezolid non-susceptibility among enteric vancomycin-resistant (VRE) recovered from hospitalized patients actively screened for VRE rectal colonization
Dilworth T, Beck E, Pedersen R, Al-Karkokly W, Cook M, Aldag E, Kramer D, Sahajpal A, Nadeem I, Buggy B, Brummitt C, IDWeek, San Francisco, CA, 1/3/2018
Non-invasive estimation of optimal positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) for mechanically ventilated obese patients
Reindl L, Peterson LM, Manansala R, Kram JF, Klumph M, Nezami B, Markert G, Niebuhr P, Kramer DJ, Respiratory Care, 1/1/2018
Renal and liver failure management: ICU Perspective
Kramer DJ, 18th International Symposium on Albumin Dialysis (ISAD), 1/1/2017
Telemedicine improves hospital system compliance with lung-protective ventilating strategies
Peterson L, Shafer M, Abugiazya A, Scoon C, Kramer DJ, Crit Care Med, 1/1/2014
Successful liver transplantation using donation after cardiac death donors
Taner B, Bulatao IG, Willingham DL, Perry DK, Sibulesky L, Pungpappong S, Canabal JM, Keaveny AP, Aranda-Michel J, Kramer DJ, Nguyen JH, Am J Transplant, 1/1/2011
Transplant critical care service (TxCCS): Role of nurse practitioners
Kramer DJ, Arasi LC, Grek AA, Weinert DS, Canabal JM, Liver Transpl, 1/1/2011
Feasibility of early extubation and fast-tracking after liver transplantation�The Mayo Clinic Florida experience
Taner B, Willingham DL, Bulatao IG, Shine TS, Canabal J, Nguyen JH, Kramer DJ, Hepatology, 1/1/2011
Agonal period warm ischemia times and risk for biliary complications in donation after cardiac death liver grafts
Taner B, Bulatao IG, Perry D, Sibulesky L, Willingham DL, Kramer DJ, Nguyen JH, Hepatology, 1/1/2011
Pulmonary hemodynamics during exercise: Potential for identifying risk of right ventricular failure during liver transplant in patients with pulmonary arterial hyperte...
Kramer DJ, Canabal JM, Liver Transplant, 1/1/2010
N-Acetylcysteine use and perioperative transfusion requirements in OLT
Taner CB, Canabal JM, Willingham DW, Arasi LC, Kramer DJ, Liver Transplant, 1/1/2010
Intraoperative intracardiac thrombosis in liver transplantation
Sibulesky L, Peiris P, Canabal JM, Kramer DJ, Nguyen JH, Liver Transplant, 1/1/2010
Donation after cardiac death liver transplants in critically ill recipients
Arasi LC, Canabal JM, Grewal HP, Hewitt WR, Hughes CB, Nguyen JH, Taner CB, Dickson RC, Kramer DJ, Liver Transplant, 1/1/2008
The true potential for DCD liver transplantation: An analysis of data from a single center OPO
Grewal HP, Cornell DL, Hewitt WR, Nguyen JH, Willingham DL, Taner BC, Kramer DJ, Gonwa TA, Hughes CB, Liver Transplant, 1/1/2008
Acupuncture in liver transplant patients with refractory ileus
Reimer R, Kramer DJ, Liver Transplant, 1/1/2008
Experience with 108 liver transplant from a single institution using donation after cardiac death donors
Grewal Hani P, Nguyen Justin H, Hewitt Winston R, Willingham Darrin L, Rosser Barry G, Keaveny Andrew P, Aranda-Michel Jaime, Satyanarayana Raj, Harnois Denise M, Dick..., Am J Transplant, 1/1/2007
Use of young donor grafts in adult liver transplantation for hepatitis C
Ghabril CM, Nguyen J, Shalev J, Aranda-Michel J, Keaveny A, Rosser B, Satyanarayana R, Harnois D, Kramer D, Hewitt W, Willingham D, Grewal H, Hughes C, Dickson R, Am J Transplant, 1/1/2007
Nasal Bridle: A technique to secure nasojejunal feeding tubes in liver transplant candidates and receipients
Kramer David J, Canabal Juan M, Arasi Lisa C, Aranda-Michel Jaime, Liver Transpl, 1/1/2007
Combined orthotopic liver transplantation and cardiac surgery is both safe and effective
Hewitt Winston R, Grewal Hani P, Kramer David J, Nguyen Justin, Shine Timothy, Willingham Darrin, Yip Daniel, Rosser Barry, McBride Lawrence, Gonwa Thomas, Keaveny And..., Liver Transpl, 1/1/2007
Resource utilization by donation after cardiac death liver transplant recipients
Arasi Lisa C, Hewitt Winston R, Canabal Juan M, Grewal Hani P, Nguyen Justin H, Willingham Darrin L, Hughes Christopher B, Kramer David J, Liver Transpl, 1/1/2007
A single center experience using donation after cardiac death donors over 60 years old
Grewal HP, Hewitt WR, Nguyen JH, Willingham DL, Rosser BG, Keaveny AP, Aranda-Michel J, Satyanarayana R, Harnois DM, Dickson RC, Steers JL, Kramer DJ, Hughes CB, Liver Transpl, 1/1/2007
Gadolinium encephalopathy in the ICU as a cause of neurological morbidity
Freeman WD, Kramer DJ, Crit Care Med, 1/1/2007
Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy in solid organ transplant recipients
Waller EV, Kramer DJ, Adues JF, Alvarez F, Pajaro OE, McBride LR, Keller CA, Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society, 1/1/2006
Vasodilation after orthotopic liver transplant in a patient with systemic mastocytosis
Willingham DL, Hewitt WR, Peiris P, Shine TSJ, Jackson LC, Sanchez AJ, Aranda-Michel J, Harnois DM, Hughes CB, Krishna M, Menke DM, Kramer DJ, Liver Transpl, 1/1/2006
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Lectures

Open Lung: Recruitment Strategies
Aurora St. Luke�s Medical Center and Aurora Sinai Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI - 1/29/2018
Strategies for Mechanical Ventilation
Aurora St. Luke�s Medical Center and Aurora Sinai Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI - 1/29/2018
Acute on Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF): Recognition and Management
Aurora Health Care, Aurora St. Luke�s Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI - 1/25/2018
Emergent Surgical Airway
Milwaukee, WI - 1/14/2017
Acute on Chronic Liver Failure�Diagnosis and Intervention with Organ Support
1/9/2017
Critical Care Service Model
University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS - 1/28/2016
Extracorporeal albumin dialysis with molecular adsorbent recirculating system (MARS�) and the effect on antimicrobial removal
Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, WI - 1/24/2016
Evaluation of perioperative anemia and associated transfusion requirements in adult liver transplant recipients
Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, WI - 1/24/2016
Hepatic Encephalopathy: Management in Acute and Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure
Orlando, FL - 1/21/2016
Alcoholic Hepatitis: ICU Support
Aurora Sinai Medical Center - 1/21/2016
Acute Lung Injury/ARDS
Summit, WI - 1/20/2016
Liver Update
Milwaukee, WI - 1/18/2016
Operating Room Ventilating Strategies
Milwaukee, WI - 1/16/2016
Liver in Critical Illness: Critical Care of the Patient with Liver Disease
Phoenix, AZ - 1/17/2015
Fast Tracking After Liver Transplantation: Avoiding the ICU. Generalizing the Model
San Francisco, CA - 1/27/2014
Protective Ventilation from ICU to OR
Aurora St. Luke�s Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI - 1/21/2014
Pulmonary Hypertension in Liver Transplantation
Boston, MA - 1/8/2014
Alcoholic Hepatitis: Management in the ICU
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA - 1/30/2013
Therapeutic Hypothermia for Acute Liver Failure: Proposal for a Multicenter Trial
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA - 1/29/2013
Direct and Fiberoptic Laryngoscopy
Aurora St. Luke�s Medical Center, Aurora Critical Care Service, Milwaukee, WI - 1/20/2013
Liver Transplant: Too Sick?
Sydney, Australia - 1/13/2013
Acute Liver Failure: An Update
Sydney, Australia - 1/13/2013
TEG (Thrombelastograph) Educational Inservice
Aurora St. Luke�s Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI - 1/28/2012
Liver Failure: Ready for Transplant?
1/12/2012
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: Keeping Patients Alive Before Transplantation
Boston, MA - 1/4/2012
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