Supporting small steps toward big innovations: the importance of rigorous pilot studies in critical care

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¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) Group, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Electronic address: turnbull@jhmi.edu.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) Group, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
³ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) Group, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

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Alison E Turnbull et al. J Crit Care. 2014 Aug.

. 2014 Aug;29(4):669-70.

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.04.006. Epub 2014 Apr 18.

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) Group, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Electronic address: turnbull@jhmi.edu.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) Group, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
³ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) Group, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

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