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Prone position and VAP incidence in the PROSEVA trial: attention to the causal question when interpreting competing risk analysis

Authors: Otavio T. Ranzani, Gianluigi Li Bassi, Antoni Torres

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 12/2016

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Title: Prone position and VAP incidence in the PROSEVA trial: attention to the causal question when interpreting competing risk analysis
Authors: Otavio T. Ranzani
Gianluigi Li Bassi
Antoni Torres
Publication date: 01-12-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 12/2016
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-016-4469-2

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