title: An official multi-society statement: ventilator-associated events: the new definition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, New York Methodist Hospital, Jackson, MS. Electronic address: sur9016@nyp.org.
authors.forename: Suhail
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raoof
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
authors.forename: Michael H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Baumann
authors.affiliation: The Critical Care Societies Collaborative consists of American College of Chest Physicians, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, Society of Critical Care Medicine, and American Thoracic Society.
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D032921:Consensus; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000145:classification* / Q000209:etiology; D053717:Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014481:United States; D055397:Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis