Sniffing out pneumonia in the ICU

A Conway Morris^{1

2

3}, T P Hellyer^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Anaesthesia, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, UK.
² Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, UK.
³ John V Farman Intensive Care Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
⁴ Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
⁵ Critical Care Department, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.

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A Conway Morris et al. Anaesthesia. 2023 Jun.

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. 2023 Jun;78(6):684-687.

doi: 10.1111/anae.16005. Epub 2023 Mar 22.

A Conway Morris^{1

2

3}, T P Hellyer^{4

5}

¹ Division of Anaesthesia, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, UK.
² Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, UK.
³ John V Farman Intensive Care Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
⁴ Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
⁵ Critical Care Department, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: biomarkers; diagnostics; ventilator-associated pneumonia; volatile organic compounds.

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