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VOLUME 24 , ISSUE 10 ( October, 2020 ) > List of Articles

EDITORIAL

Composite Outcomes for Clinical Trials in Critical Care: The Devil is in the Detail

Saptharishi Lalgudi Ganesan, Narayanan Parameswaran

Keywords : Acute respiratory distress syndrome, Clinical trials, Composite outcome measures, Ventilator free days

Citation Information : Ganesan SL, Parameswaran N. Composite Outcomes for Clinical Trials in Critical Care: The Devil is in the Detail. Indian J Crit Care Med 2020; 24 (10):903-904.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23641

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 01-04-2020

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2020; The Author(s).


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