Journal of Critical Care
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 118-125 , March 2008

Ventilator-associated pneumonia: Improving outcomes through guideline implementation

  • Tasnim Sinuff, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Critical Care, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center and Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3M5
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 416 480 6100x7694; fax: +1 416 480 4999.
    • ,
  • John Muscedere, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7J 2V7
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  • Deborah Cook, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5
    • Department Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5
    • ,
  • Peter Dodek, MD, MHSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Center for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6Z 1Y6
    • ,
  • Daren Heyland, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7J 2V7
    • ,
  • for the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group

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☆ Dr Sinuff is supported by a Canadian Institutes for Health Research Clinician Scientist Award. Dr Cook holds a Research Chair of the Canadian Institutes for Health Research.

PII: S0883-9441(08)00007-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2007.11.013

Journal of Critical Care
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 118-125 , March 2008

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