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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 5/2004

01-05-2004 | Correspondence

Reply to letter by Tulleken et al.

Authors: P. Eggimann, S. Hugonnet, H. Sax, J.-C. Chevrolet, D. Pittet

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 5/2004

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Sir: We read with interest the letter of Dr. Tulleken and colleagues commenting on our paper “Ventilator-associated pneumonia: caveats for benchmarking” [1]. We note that the authors agree with the point we brought to the attention of the reader, summarized by the conclusion “clinicians and hospital management in charge of patient-care policies should be aware of how to read and compare nosocomial infection rates”, which is supported by their own experience. …
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Metadata
Title
Reply to letter by Tulleken et al.
Authors
P. Eggimann
S. Hugonnet
H. Sax
J.-C. Chevrolet
D. Pittet
Publication date
01-05-2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 5/2004
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-004-2248-y

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