Systematic review of studies investigating ventilator associated pneumonia diagnostics in intensive care

Abstract Background Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is an important diagnosis in critical care. VAP research is complicated by the lack of agreed diagnostic criteria and reference standard test criteria. Our aim was to review which reference standard tests are used to evaluate novel index test...

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Main Authors: Basem Al-Omari, Peter McMeekin, A. Joy Allen, Ahsan R. Akram, Sara Graziadio, Jana Suklan, William S. Jones, B. Clare Lendrem, Amanda Winter, Milo Cullinan, Joanne Gray, Kevin Dhaliwal, Timothy S. Walsh, Thomas H. Craven
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-021-01560-0