Journal of Critical Care
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 275-284 , December 2007

Intensive care unit exposures for long-term outcomes research: Development and description of exposures for 150 patients with acute lung injury

  • Dale M. Needham, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Tel.: +1 410 955 3467; fax: +1 410 955 0036.
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  • Weiwei Wang, MS Eng

      Affiliations

    • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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  • Sanjay V. Desai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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  • Pedro A. Mendez-Tellez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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  • Cheryl R. Dennison, ANP, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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  • Jonathan Sevransky, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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  • Carl Shanholtz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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  • Nancy Ciesla, PT

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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  • Kim Spillman, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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  • Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    • School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    • Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA

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☆ This research received support from the National Institutes of Health (Acute Lung Injury SCCOR grant no. P050 HL 73994). Dr Needham is supported by a Clinician-Scientist Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Drs Dennison and Sevransky are supported by Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Awards from the National Institutes of Health (K23 NR009193 and K23 GM071399, respectively). The funding bodies had no role in the study design, manuscript writing, or decision to submit the manuscript for publication.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2007.02.001

Journal of Critical Care
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 275-284 , December 2007

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