Performance Measure Development, Use, and Measurement of Effectiveness Using the Guideline on Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report.

"Author Disclosures: C.H.W. served as a speaker for industry sponsored CHEST course; has patent pending (62803809) for systems and methods for managing healthcare data. K.C.W. reports being employed as the ATS Chief of Documents and Patient Education, as well as the ATS Documents Editor; he derives salary support for this role and as such has a personal financial interest in the quality of all ATS official documents. D.K.C.’s spouse is an employee of Microsoft. M.L.M. received research support from Insmed and Multiclonal Therapeutics; served as a consultant for Aradigm, Arsanis, Insmed, International Biophysics, Savara, Shionogi, and various law firms. R.A.M. received research support from GlaxoSmithKline. R.C.H. served on an advisory committee for Bayer and Merck. K.A.A., R.A.D., B.P., A.R.G., S.H., M.N., N.K.J.A., A.C.K.-B.A., I.J.B., W.G.C., M.W.S., and C.C.T. reported no relevant commercial relationships."

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