Journal of Critical Care
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 58-63, March 2008

Previous cultures are not clinically useful for guiding empiric antibiotics in suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia: Secondary analysis from a randomized trial☆

  • Kevin M. Sanders

      Affiliations

    • Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 2S8
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  • Neill K.J. Adhikari

      Affiliations

    • Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 2S8
    • ,
  • Jan O. Friedrich

      Affiliations

    • Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 2S8
    • ,
  • Andrew Day

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Clinical Evaluation Research Unit, Kingston General Hospital, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 2V7
    • ,
  • Xuran Jiang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Clinical Evaluation Research Unit, Kingston General Hospital, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 2V7
    • ,
  • Daren Heyland

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Clinical Evaluation Research Unit, Kingston General Hospital, Queens 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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☆ Supported by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Physicians' Services, Inc, of Ontario, and by unrestricted grants from AstraZeneca and Bayer.

PII: S0883-9441(08)00030-0

doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2008.01.009

Journal of Critical Care
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 58-63, March 2008

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