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ArticleCritical care (London, England)2012

Asking the right questions: the relationship between incident ventilator-associated pneumonia and mortality.

Michael J Lanspa, Samuel M Brown

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Article in Critical care (London, England), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Michael J LanspaDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA.
Samuel M Brown

Funding

Cardiovascular Variability and Control in Early SepsisK23GM094465 · NIGMS · IHC HEALTH SERVICES, INC. · PI BROWN, SAMUEL MORRIS · 2010 to 2014
$637k
NIGMS NIH HHS K23 GM094465
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Whether ventilator-associated pneumonia is a manifestation of severity of illness or an independent cause of mortality in ventilator-dependent patients is not known. In this complex area, which cannot be readily subjected to randomized controlled trials, studies should focus on the underlying questions of relevance, how to improve care of ventilated patients.

Indexed as

Cross InfectionFemaleHumansMalePneumonia, Ventilator-AssociatedRespiration, ArtificialRespiratory Distress Syndrome

Identifiers

PMID22548799
PMCPMC3568916

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