Journal of Critical Care
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 41-49 , March 2008

Determinants of outcome in patients with a clinical suspicion of ventilator-associated pneumonia

  • John G. Muscedere, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 2V7
    • Clinical Evaluation Research Unit, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 2V7
    • ,
  • Chris McColl, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 2V7
    • ,
  • Andrew Shorr, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington Hospital Center Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20010, USA
    • ,
  • Xuran Jiang, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Evaluation Research Unit, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 2V7
    • ,
  • John Marshall, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8
    • ,
  • Daren K. Heyland, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 2V7
    • Clinical Evaluation Research Unit, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 2V7
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • These authors have received unrestricted research grants for studies in ventilator-associated pneumonia unrelated to the present manuscript from Astra-Zeneca and Bayer Pharmaceuticals.
    • ,
  • for the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group

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☆ Supported by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Physicians' Services Incorporated of Ontario and by unrestricted grants from Astra-Zeneca and Bayer.

PII: S0883-9441(08)00008-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2007.12.007

Journal of Critical Care
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 41-49 , March 2008

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