Critical Care

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Diagnostic techniques for ventilator-associated pneumonia: Conflicting results from two trials

Younghoon Kwon1*, Eric B Milbrandt2 and Sachin Yende2

Author Affiliations

1 Clinical Fellow, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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Critical Care 2009, 13:303 doi:10.1186/cc7797

Published: 14 May 2009

First paragraph (this article has no abstract)

A randomized trial of diagnostic techniques for ventilator-associated pneumonia. N Engl J Med 2006, 355:2619–2630 [1].