A way toward ventilator-associated lower respiratory tract infection research: reply

Shannon M Fernando^{1

2}, Michael Klompas^{3

4}, Bram Rochwerg^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. sfernando@qmed.ca.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. sfernando@qmed.ca.
³ Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵ Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁶ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

Comment

Shannon M Fernando et al. Intensive Care Med. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;46(7):1506-1507.

doi: 10.1007/s00134-020-06135-x. Epub 2020 Jun 4.

Shannon M Fernando^{1

2}, Michael Klompas^{3

4}, Bram Rochwerg^{5

6}

¹ Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. sfernando@qmed.ca.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. sfernando@qmed.ca.
³ Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵ Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁶ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

None of the authors report any relevant conflict of interest.

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