Journal of Critical Care
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 82-90, March 2008

The safety of targeted antibiotic therapy for ventilator-associated pneumonia: A multicenter observational study☆

  • Ari R. Joffe, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2B7
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  • John Muscedere, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 2V7
    • ,
  • John C. Marshall, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 1W8
    • ,
  • Yinghua Su, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Evaluation Research Unit, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 2V7
    • ,
  • Daren K. Heyland, MD, FRCPC, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 2V7
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 613 549 6666x3339; fax: +1 613 548 1351.
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  • For the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group

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☆ The clinical trial was supported by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Ottawa, ON, Canada and Physicians' Services Inc., ON, Canada; and by the unrestricted grants from AstraZeneca, Mississauga, ON, Canada, and Bayer, Toronto, ON, Canada.

PII: S0883-9441(08)00006-3

doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2007.12.006

Journal of Critical Care
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 82-90, March 2008

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