In reply: We thank Mitra and Cameron, and Toh and colleagues for their remarks. Comments from some physicians that the 4-hour rule might increase mortality provided the initial stimulus for us to look at data related to its introduction in Western Australia. Given our results, their hypothesis seems unlikely to be true.
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