Effect of design-related bias in studies of diagnostic tests for ventilator-associated pneumonia

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1320-1325

  Michaud, Sophie ^a,b,c   Suzuki, Sadao ^a,b,c   Harbarth, Stephan ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG LAVAGE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0037111383     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200202-130CP     Document Type: Review

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