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Caution, not causality: The limitations of risk factor and outcome research on ventilator-associated events

Part of: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 May 2021

Kelly A. Cawcutt Open the ORCID record for Kelly A. Cawcutt [Opens in a new window]  and
Trevor C. Van Schooneveld
Kelly A. Cawcutt*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Trevor C. Van Schooneveld
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
*
Author for correspondence: Kelly Cawcutt, E-mail: kelly.cawcutt@unmc.edu
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 42 , Issue 8 , August 2021 , pp. 989 - 990
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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