Translating clinical research into clinical practice in the intensive care unit: the central role of respiratory care.
Critical care is entering a phase of rapid introduction of treatments that have demonstrated efficacy for reducing mortality and morbidity. Until recently the principal question facing intensivists was "Does this treatment work?" Though that question is still important, we now must address the same challenges other fields, notably cardiology, face in.
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Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle WA 98104-2499, USA. nodrog@u.washington.edu.
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